Ebook - Recipes Tried And True (1894 Cookbook).txt

GINGERBREAD AND SMALL CAKES.

GINGERBREAD. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.

One and one-half cups Orleans molasses, one cup brown or granulated

sugar, one-half cup lard, one cup boiling water, one teaspoon soda

dissolved in the water, two teaspoons ginger, one teaspoon each of

cloves and cinnamon, three cups flour, one egg. Put all in the

vessel, excepting the water and egg; beat well; then add the water and

soda; after stirring this well together, add the beaten egg. Bake in

quick oven. Put greased paper in pan before pouring in the mixture.

Let cool in the pans.

SOFT GINGERBREAD. MRS. E. A SEFFNER.

One quart of flour, one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of

butter, one cup of sour milk, two teaspoonfuls of soda, three eggs,

one tablespoon of ginger, one teaspoon of cinnamon.

SOFT GINGERBREAD. MISS KITTIE M. SMITH.

One cup New Orleans molasses, one teaspoon ginger, one teaspoon soda,

one tablespoon melted butter; stir this together; then pour on half a

cup boiling water, and stir in one pint flour. Be sure and have the

water boiling, and beat well. Pour into the pan one inch deep.

SOFT GINGERBREAD. GAIL HAMILTON.

One-half cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup molasses, two and

one-half cups flour, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful ginger,

one teaspoonful cloves, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls soda in a cup of

boiling water (put this in last).

SOFT GINGERBREAD. MRS. G. E. SALMON.

One cup molasses, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup butter or lard,

one-half cup sour milk, two and one-half cups flour, two eggs, one

teaspoon ginger, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon soda dissolved in

the milk. Bake in a moderate oven about half an hour.

EXCELLENT SOFT GINGERBREAD. MRS. CARRIE OWENS.

One and a half cups Orleans molasses, half cup brown sugar, half cup

butter, half cup sweet milk, teaspoon soda, teaspoon allspice, half

teaspoon ginger; mix all together; add three cups sifted flour, and

bake in shallow pans.

GINGERBREAD FOR TWO. MRS. M. LEONARD.

Six tablespoons sweet milk, five tablespoons molasses, one tablespoon

of sugar, one-half scant teaspoon soda, one and one-fourth cups flour.

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