Gingerbread (Alternative)

Ingredients

• 2 cups molasses
• 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
• 0.5 cup butter
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg beaten very light
• 3 cups sifted flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Bring molasses and butter to the boiling point, stir in soda, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

2. 2

   Remove from fire and add sifted flour and buttermilk (or sour milk) alternately, add egg and baking powder.

3. 3

   Put in buttered and warmed small tins or on baking sheet.

4. 4

   Bake in moderate oven at 350° fifteen minutes.

5. 5

   Makes twenty-four small cakes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Grange cook book and household guide (1940) by Bodenheimer, E. L. Mrs, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

teaspoons baking powder % cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons ginger, cinnamon, % cup molasses cloves, nutmeg % cup melted fat % teaspoon salt 2% cups flour ly teaspoon soda 1 cup boiling water Add beaten eggs to sugar, molasses and melted fat. Then add dry in- gredients and lastly the boiling water. Bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes. Serve plain or with fruit, whipped cream or sauce. Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, Summerfield Grange. GINGERBREAD Mix in the order given: % cup sugar 2% cups flour sifted with one tea- 1 cup molasses spoon ginger % cup butter or lard 1 teaspoon cloves 2 teaspoons soda dissolved in one 1 teaspoon cinnamon cup boiling water Last, add 2 well-beaten eggs Mix well and bake in a moderate oven. Mrs. J. C. Barber, Barber Grange. CAMBRIDGE GINGERBREAD 1/3 cup shortening 1% teaspoons soda 2/3 cup boiling water 1/3 teaspoon salt 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 egg 1 teaspoon ginger 2% cups flour % teaspoon cloves Melt shortening in hot water, add molasses, egg well beaten, and dry in- gredients mixed and sifted. Bake in a greased shallow pan in a moderate oven. Mrs. C. V. Cobb, McLeansville Grange. GINGERBREAD 2 cups molasses 1 teaspoon powdered ginger % cup butter half grated nutmeg 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 cup buttermilk % teaspoon cinnamon 1 egg beaten very light 3 cups sifted flour

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