Soft Gingerbread

Ingredients

• \ c. sugar
• i c. buttermilk
• i c. molasses
• i tsp. ginger
• j c. butter
• 2 tsp. soda
• 2 eggs
• i tsp. cinnamon

Method

1. 1

   Follow general rules for combining cake mixtures.

2. 2

   Bake in a shallow pan for 30 minutes in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A laboratory manual of foods and cookery (1916) by Emma B. Matteson, page 98. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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