Molasses Ginger Srencl

Ingredients

• one quart of Porto Rico molasses
• one and one-half pints of water
• one and one-half ounces of soda
• twelve ounces of lard
• two eggs
• two handfuls of brown sugar
• two tablespoonfuls of ginger
• one-half spoonful of cinnamon
• enough flour to make a soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients together to form a soft dough.

2. 2

   Fill a greased pan lined with paper half-full with the mixture and bake for about one hour in a medium-warm oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Perfection in baking (1895) by Emil Braun, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Molasses Ginger Srencl. Mix together one quart of Porto Rico and New Orleans molasses, one and one-half pints water, one and one-half ounces soda, twelve ounces lard, two eggs, two handfuls brown sugar, two tablespoonfuls ginger, one-half spoonful cinnamon and enough flour to make a soft dough. Fill half-full with mixture a greased pan lined with paper, and bake about one hour in a medium-warm oven. English Currant Slices. Mix in a piece of the above dough English currants. Roll in long strips, lay on greased cooky tins and bake in a warmer oven than for the above. Press down flat, then frost with chocolate and cut in narrow slices. Scotch Fruit Drops. To the above mixture add one pound currants one-half pound citron (cut fine), one handful granulated sugar and a little more molasses. Drop in small cakes, flatten them somewhat, dust with granulated sugar and bake rapidly. (67) — 68 — Spfoe Cup Calces, Three-quarters of a pound of crumbs, one and one-quarter quarts molasses, three-quarters of a pound of lard, one quart water, one and one-quarter ounces soda, two eggs, one pound currants; vanilla, lemon, cinnamon and allspice, with sufficient flour to keep in a soft dough. Use cup-cake moulds, having them well greased and warm, then fill half-full with mixture. Frost with chocolate. Common Spice Cup Cakes. From the above mixture omit the eggs and extracts; otherwise the same. 'Washington Slices. Line a flat pan with pie crust and put in to the depth of one-half inch the mixture for spice cup cakes; bake in a medium-hot oven. Frost with water icing flavored with rum or lemon and cut in slices two by three inches. Mo/asses Pound Cake. Rub together three-quarters of a pound of lard and three-quarters of a pound of sugar and slowly add seven eggs (or one and one-half ounces of dissolved desiccated egg food); then mix together and add to this, one and one-half pints molasses, one-half pint milk and one and one-half ounces of soda

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