Soft Ginger Bread

Ingredients

• One cup of molasses
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon boiling water
• 2 to 3 cups of flour as required
• 1 teaspoon giQger
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 2 eggs
• ^ saltspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Add the melted butter to molasses, then spices.

2. 2

   Dissolve soda in boiling water and stir it into molasses.

3. 3

   Add flour enough for a very soft dough, too soft to roll.

4. 4

   Bake in biscuit pan lined with paper in moderate oven 35 minutes.

5. 5

   It must be mixed quickly and put at once into oven.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 153. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Soft Ginger Bread. One cup of molasses, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon boiling water, 2 to 3 cups of flour as required, 1 teaspoon giQger, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 eggs, ^ saltspoon salt

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