Gingerbread No. 1

• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 3 tablespoons <

Mix butter and sugar to a soft, creamy paste; add beaten egg. Mix spices, salt and soda with flour, and add a small portion. Add molasses and milk mixed together, and flour alternately. Pour into buttered shallow pans. Bake thirty to forty-five minutes.