Orange Gingerbread

Ingredients

• Sift two pounds and a quarter of flour
• three-quarters of a pound of light-brown sugar
• an ounoe of ground ginger
• an ounce of allspice
• six ounces of candied orange-peel out small
• Warm three-quarters of a pound of butter

Method

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   Stir it in, then mix to a dough with molasses, roll it out very thin, using as little flour as possible, cut it in small round cakes, and bake in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 122. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Orange Gingerbread. Sift two pounds and a quarter of flour, stir in it three-quarters of a pound of light-brown sugar, an ounoe of ground ginger, an ounce of allspice, and six ounces of candied orange-peel out small Warm three-quarters of a pound of butter

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