Gingerbread

Ingredients

• a pint of molasses
• half a pound of sugar
• half a pound of butter
• three eggs
• an ounce of baking soda
• an ounce of ground ginger
• two pounds of flour

Method

1. 1

   Mix molasses, sugar, butter, and eggs.

2. 2

   Add dissolved baking soda and ginger, then flour.

3. 3

   Bake in a moderately hot oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from French dishes for American tables (1886) by Caron, Pierre, page 97. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gingerbread. Mix well with a pint of 2IO FRENCH DISHES. molasses half a pound of sugar, half a pound of but- ter, and three eggs. Dissolve an ounce of baking soda in a pint of water, which add to the above in- gredients, with also an ounce of ground ginger ; then add two pounds of flour ; mix all well together, and bake in a moderately hot oven. 605. Ginger Snaps. Sift half an ounce of baking soda through a pound and three quarters of flour ; also sift half a pound of sugar through the flour, which then mix well with half a pound of but- ter ; add half an ounce of ginger, the same of ground allspice ; mix together a pint of molasses

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