Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 2% cups flour
• 1% t. salt
• 1 t. ginger
• 1% cup butter
• 2 well beaten eggs
• 2 t. soda
• 1 t. cinnamon
• 1 t. cloves
• 1% cup brown sugar
• 1 cup molasses

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour once, measure; add salt and spices, sift together three times.

2. 2

   Cream shortening; add sugar and cream together; add molasses; add flour with water in which soda has been dissolved; add eggs.

3. 3

   Beat.

4. 4

   Bake in a greased pan in a moderate oven 375 F. for twenty minutes.

5. 5

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book (1947) by N.C.) Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs (Wilkes County, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD 2% cups flour 1% t. salt 1 t. ginger 1% cup butter 2 well beaten eggs 2 t. soda 1 t. cinnamon 1 t. cloves 1% cup brown sugar 1 cup molasses

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