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Hard Gingerbread

From On habits and manners, 1888
Presented as published in 1888. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from On habits and manners (1888) by M. F. Armstrong, page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HARD GINGERBREAD. One cup molasses; one-half cup butter; tablespoonful ginger, one teaspoonful saleratus, dissolved in half a cup warm water ; flour enough to roll

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