Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup butter and lard
• 3 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup sour milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
• 2 even teaspoons soda
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the eggs, then the milk with the soda dissolved in it, last the molasses, spices and flour.

2. 2

   Bake in square tins about twenty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 116. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GINGERBREAD 1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses Vz cup butter and lard 3 cups flour 2 eggs 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup sour milk IV2 teaspoons ginger 2 even teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon cloves Vi teaspoon grated nutmeg Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the eggs, then the milk with the soda dissolved in it, last the molasses, spices and flour. Bake in square tins about twenty minutes. MOLASSES CAKE Yz cup granulated sugar 2'/^ cups sifted flour 1/2 cup butter 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg

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