Gingerbread Huts, Ho. 1

Ingredients

• One and a half pounds of flour
• three-quarters of a pound of sugar
• and the same of butter
• one ounce of ginger
• the same of doves
• cinnamon
• and allspice
• the grated rind of an orange
• and half a teaspoonful of powdered mace

Method

1. 1

   Mix all well together as above, then stir in molasses until a stiff dough, let it stand half an hour, then make in little balls the size of a walnut, press them flat, and lay them not to touch in a buttered pan; bake in a moderate oven about ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 123. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gingerbread Huts, Ho. 1. One and a half pounds of flour, three-quarters of a pound of sugar, and the same of butter, one ounce of ginger, the same of doves, cinnamon and allspice, the grated rind of an orange, and half a teaspoonful of powdered mace

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