Soft Ginger Bread

Ingredients

• One cup of molasses
• one-half cup of sugar
• one-half cup of butter
• one cup of boiling water
• one teaspoon soda
• one teaspoon ginger
• one teaspoon cinnamon
• one teaspoon cloves
• two and one-half cups flour
• two eggs well beaten

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients and bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one cup boiling water in which has been dissolved one teaspoon saleratus, two eggs, one teaspoon ginger, cinnamon and cloves each. Soft Ginger Bread. One cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter- milk, one-half cup of butter, five cups of sifted flour, one tea- spoonful of soda, one teaspoon of ginger, one teaspoon of cin- namon, a little salt. Mrs. B. E. McNeill. Soft Ginger Bread. One cup molasses, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup boiling water with one teaspoon soda dissolved in it, one teaspoon ginger, cinnamon and cloves, two and one-half cups flour, two eggs well beaten to be put in the last thing; bake in a moderate oven. 148 New Century Cook Book. Ginger Cake. One-half cup sugar, one cup molasses, one-half cup butter, one cup hot water, two and one-half cups flour, two spoons soda, two eggs; flavoring to suit. Mrs. Randle. Ginger Drop Cake. One cup molasses, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup boiling water, one egg beaten light, one table- spoon cinnamon, one tablespoon ginger, one-half teaspoon cloves, one-half teaspoon soda dissolved in water, two and one-half cups flour. Mrs. Jennie Boyer Huffman. Soft Ginger Cake. One and one-half cup of sugar, three cups of molasses, one cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, three eggs, seven cups of flour, one teaspoon of soda, well beaten in the molasses, one tablespoon each of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and one teaspoon of cloves. Molasses Cake. Two cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of brown sugar, one cup of molasses, one-half cup of hot water, two yolks and one white of eggs Bake in layers, putting white frosting between. Mrs. T. W. Blatchford. Excellent Soft Gingerbread. One and a half cups of Orleans molasses, half cup of brown sugar, half cup butter, half cup of sweet milk, teaspoon soda, teaspoon allspice, half teaspoon ginger; mix all together thoroughly; add three cups of sifted flour and bake in shallow tins. Mrs. J. T. Richards. Mrs. H. W. Medbery's Gingerbread. Take molasses one cup, soda bicarbonate one tablespoonful; beat well together; add six tablespoonf uls of boiling water, melted butter six tablespoonfuls, ginger (ground) one-half tea- spoon, flour enough to make it fairly stiff. Bake in slow oven. New Century Cook Book. 141) Soft Gingerbread. One cup sugar, one cup butter, one cup clear coffee, one cup molasses, two eggs, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon ginger, one teaspoon cinnamon

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