Edith’s Gingerbread

Name: Edith’s Gingerbread
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ginger; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ cup molasses; ¾ cup boiling water; ¼ cup sugar; ¼ teaspoon soda; 1 beaten egg; cloves and salt; ½ teaspoon soda; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1¼ cups flour; ¼ cup shortening

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook a Wolf

By MFK Fisher

Published 1944

About

[... which I mentioned, I believe.]

Ingredients

¼ cup shortening
¼ cup sugar
½ cup

Cake
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the shortening and sugar. Sift the spices and flour and baking powder together. Beat the ½ teaspoon soda into the molasses until it is light and fluffy, and add to the shortening and sugar. Add the ¼ teaspoon<