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GINGERBREAD

Gingerbread

2 c. flour 2 beaten eggs ly, ¢. molasses

Y, ¢. boiling water Y, ¢. sugar YZ t. salt

1-3 ¢. melted 1 t. soda 1 t. b-powder
shortening 1 t. ginger

Cream shortening and sugar, add beaten eggs, molasses and
salt. Sift flour with b-powder and ginger. Dissolve soda in boiling
water and add to first mixture. Add flour mixture and mix well.
Bake in well-greased square loaf pan in moderate (350 deg. F)
oven about 40 min.

Tutti Frutti Gingerbread

Add 1 c. chopped seeded raisins to gingerbread recipe. Bake
in 2 layers in 375 deg. F. oven about 25 min. Fill and frost with
Tutti Frutti frosting.

Raisin Gingerbread

1 egg 1 ¢. raisins , c. molasses
Ye. milk Y, ce. sugar 4 ec. butter
1 t. salt . 134 e«. flour 1 t. cinnamon
14 t. cloves 2 t. ginger ' 2 t. b-p.

Y, t. soda

Cream butter and sugar, add egg well beaten, add molasses,
milk, spices, etc. Flour raisins and add to mixture. Sift b-powder
with flour. Dissolve soda in a little milk. MAdd remaining ingredi-
ents to mixture, mix well and bake in moderate oven 40 min.

Molasses Cake

ly, ec. w. sugar 2 eggs 1 t. ginger
1 ec. molasses 24% c. flour 2 t. soda
Ye. butter © 1 t. cloves 1 ec. hoiling water

1 t. cinnamon
Cream butter, sugar. Stir in molasses. Mix and sift flour,
spices and salt. Add half to mixture. Stir until smooth, add
boiling water with soda dissolved im it. Stir till smooth. Add
remaining dry ingredients. Mix smooth, add eggs well beaten.
Bake 30 minutes in moderate oven.

Soft Gingerbread

3 c. sifted flour 1 ¢. sour milk 1 c. b-sugar
1 ¢c. corn syrup 2-3 ec. butter 2 eggs (unbeaten)
1 t. soda (heaping) 1 t. ginger 1 t. allspice
1 t. nutmeg 1 Ib. raisins
(chopped)

Cream butter and sugar, add syrup and spice, then eggs and
lastly milk and soda and flour.

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