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GINGERBREAD

• MATERIALS
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon soda
• ½ cup strong hot coffee
• 2 cups flour

UTENSILS

• Small saucepan
• Mixing-bowl
• Small bowl
• Mixing-spoon
• Dover beater
• Sifter
• Bread or cake pan

 

DIRECTIONS

1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, and pour it into a mixing-bowl.
2. Add the sugar and molasses, and stir.
3. Beat the egg in a small bowl, and add it to the mixture in the large bowl.
4. Stir in the spices and beat well.
5. Mix the soda into the hot coffee, stir well, and pour this into the mixture in the large bowl.
6. Sift the flour into the mixture, and stir and beat until the batter is light and smooth.
7. Pour the batter into a buttered bread-pan, or two buttered cake-pans, and bake in a moderate oven about twenty minutes.

 

REMARKS

Gingerbread may be covered with Boiled Frosting (page 113), if desired.

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