Hot Water Gingerbread

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup boiling water
• 1 cup molasses
• 2¼ cups flour
• 1½ teaspoons soda
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon cloves

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in hot water, add molasses, and dry ingredients mixed and sifted.

2. 2

   Beat vigorously.

3. 3

   Bake in buttered shallow pan 35 or 40 minutes; in greased muffin pans or bread stick pans 20 to 35 minutes in a moderate oven (350° F.).

As published

This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 282. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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