Hot water gingerbread

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupButter
cupBoiling water
1cupMolasses
cupFlour
teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonSalt
2teaspoonsGinger, or
1teaspoonGinger
1teaspoonCinnamon, and
¼teaspoonCloves

Directions

Melt butter in hot water, add molasses, and dry ingredients mixed and sifted. Beat vigorously. Bake in buttered shallow pan 35 to 40 minutes; in greased muffin pans or bread stick pans 20 to 35 minutes in a moderate oven (350 F.).

NOTES : Cambridge Gingerbread. Add 1 egg, well beaten, to liquids before incorporating flour.

Recipe by: 1937 Boston Cooking School Cookbook Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #479 by Trinette Kaufman <trinette@...> on Feb 09, 1997.