Gingerbread, Superior
From Consult me, 1902
Serves 12
Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 239. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
GINGERBREAD, Superior. —Flour, 2 lbs. ; carbonate of magnesia, A oz. ; mix, and add treacle, 1 lb. ; powdered sugar, A lb. ; melted butter, 2 ozs. ; tartaric acid in solution, 2 drachms. Make a stiff paste ; add grated nutmeg and cinnamon, of each 2 drachms ; grated nutmeg, 1 A oz.
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