Gingerbread
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- Ingredients
- 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
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan, and pour it into a mixing-bowl.
- Add the sugar and molasses, and stir.
- Beat the egg in a small bowl, and add it to the mixture in the large bowl.
- Stir in the spices and beat well.
- Mix the soda into the hot coffee, stir well, and pour this into the mixture in the large bowl.
- Sift the flour into the mixture, and stir and beat until the batter is light and smooth.
- 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, if desired.
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