Pain d’Epice (French Gingerbread)

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. flour
• 1/2 lb. ground rice
• 1/2 oz. baking-powder
• 1 oz. ginger (ground)
• 8 oz. honey or treacle
• 1/4 gill milk
• 1 egg
• 4 oz. ground almonds
• 8 oz. butter
• 1 lemon
• 1 saltspoonful grated nutmeg
• 1 ditto ground clove

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour, baking powder, and ground rice.

2. 2

   Mix honey or treacle and butter in a warm jar until dissolved.

3. 3

   Peel lemon and chop.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new century cookery book (1901) by Charles Herman Senn, page 528. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ain d’Fpice ( French Gingerbread). — f lb. flour, { lb. ground rice, % oz. baking-powder , 1 oz. ginger {ground), 8 oz. honey or treacle, ^ gill milk, 1 egg, 4 oz. ground almonds, 8 oz. butter, 1 lemon, 1 saltspoonful grated nutmeg, 1 ditto ground clove

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