Gingerbread

Ingredients

• Eight ounces of Flour
• Pinch of Salt
• Two teaspoonsful of Ginger
• Half ounce of Candied Peel
• Two ounces of Fat
• One ounce of Demcrara Sugar
• Eight ounces of Golden Syrup
• One Egg
• Half teaspoonful of Soda
• Half gill of Milk (if necessary)

Method

1. 1

   Grease and line a Yorkshire pudding tin with paper.

2. 2

   Melt the fat, add golden syrup and sugar, and mix well over the fire.

3. 3

   Do not boil.

4. 4

   Sift flour, ginger and salt together.

5. 5

   Cut up the peel, stir to the flour.

6. 6

   Beat up the egg.

7. 7

   Mix this with the cooled mixture of fat, etc.

8. 8

   Pour the wet ingredients to the dry and beat well.

9. 9

   Mix the soda with a little of the milk and stir to the other ingredients.

10. 10

    Pour the mixture into the greased tin.

11. 11

    Bake in a moderate oven for three-quarters to one hour.

12. 12

    When done, cool on a sieve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Artizan recipes (1896) by Clarke, Charles Mrs, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gingerbread. Ingredients. Eight ounces of Flour. Pinch of Salt. Two teaspoonsful of Ginger. Half ounce of Candied Peel. Two ounces of Fat. One ounce of Demcrara Sugar. Eight ounces of Golden Syrup. One Egg. Half teaspoonful of Soda. Half gill of Milk (if necessary)

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