Ormskirk Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1 lb. flour
• 4 lb. butter
• f- lb. brown sugar
• 4 lb. treacle
• 1 oz. ground ginger
• 1 teaspoonful baking powder
• The grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

Method

1. 1

   Put the flour into a bowl, add the butter, and rub all together as if for short paste.

2. 2

   Mix in the sugar, ginger, and baking powder, then mix all to a paste with the lemon juice and rind, and the treacle.

3. 3

   Roll this out on a floured board until only one-eighth inch thick.

4. 4

   Cut out with a round cutter, or a wineglass will do.

5. 5

   Put these on a baking sheet, and bake in a moderate oven fifteen minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Sea Cookery (1911) by Richard Bond, page 85. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ORMSKIRK GINGERBREAD. 1 lb. flour 4 lb. butter f- lb. brown sugar 4 lb. treacle 1 oz. ground ginger 1 teaspoonful baking powder The grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.