Soft Molasses Gingerbread

Name: Soft Molasses Gingerbread
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon of baking powder.; 1 pint of molasses; ½ lb. of sugar; 3 pints of flour; 3 eggs; ½ lb. of butter; 2 tablespoons of ground ginger; 1 pint of sweet milk

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

This is one of the best of American gingerbreads, the flavour of the molasses being particularly pleasant.

Ingredients

1 pint of molasses
3 pints of flour
½ l

Americas
United States
Cookies
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the butter, and beat in the sugar. Beat the yolks of eggs and add to the butter and sugar. Add the molasses and mix thoroughly. Add the milk and the flour, mixed with the baking powder, and beat all till quite smooth. Mix in the ginger and cinnamon and finally the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Pour into well-greased shallow tins and bake in a moderate oven for 4