Ginger Gems

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teasp ginger
• 1 teasp cinnamon
• 1 teasp soda
• a little cloves

Method

1. 1

   Cream sugar with butter, add molasses, hot water, and sifted flour with spices.

2. 2

   Bake in gem pans in a hot oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 65. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ginger Gems Cream V2 cup sugar with % cup butter, add % cup molas- ses, V2 cup hot water and 2 cups flour, sifted with 1 teasp each ginger, cinnamon, soda and a little cloves. Bake in gem pans in a hot oven. — [Mrs. C. E. R., la. Oatmeal Gems Soak over night 2 cups rolled oats in 1 V2 cups sour milk. In the morning add ^ cup molasses, 1 scant teasp soda dissolved 104 FARM AND HOME COOK BOOK in a little cold water, 1 level teasp salt, 2 well-beaten eggs, and 1 cup flour. Bake in a hot oven. These gems are very- good without the eggs, when eggs are scarce. — [Mrs. C. E. A., F. H. Graham Gems To 1 well-beaten egg add 1 pt milk, a little salt,, and enough graham flour to make a stiff batter that will drop from a spoon. Bake in hot and well buttered gem pans, in a hot oven, about 20 minutes. — [M. B., 111. Buttermilk Gems To 1 cup buttermilk add 2 cups sour cream, 1 teasp each salt and soda, 1 tablesp sugar, 1 beaten egg, and flour enough to make a stiff batter which will drop from a spoon. Bake in well greased gem pans in quick oven. — [Mrs. N. F., Pa. Date Gems To 1 pt graham flour and 1 pt white flour add % teasp salt,. 1 level teasp soda, i/4 cup sugar, 1 cup dates, stoned and cut in small pieces, and lastly enough rich buttermilk to make a stiff batter. Drop in hot, well greased gem pans, half filling each, and bake in quick oven until a golden brown. Raisins may be substituted for dates, and instead of making a stiff batter, less buttermilk can be used, the dough quickly turned out on a board, rolled % inch thick, cut into biscuits and brushed with sweet milk, and baked in a baking pan in a quick oven. — [E. F. S., Cal. Corn Dodgers To 1 qt cornmeal add a little salt, 1 tablesp butter, scald with boiling water, and boil hard for a minute or two, then drop the batter into well greased gem tins, and bake in a quick oven. — [A. E. H., Wash. Corn Pone Dissolve 1 teasp soda

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