Sour Milk Gingerbread
1 cup molasses
1 cup sour milk
2⅓ cups flour
1¾ teaspoons soda
2 teaspoons ginger
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup melted butter
Mix soda with sour milk and add to molasses. Sift together remaining dry ingredients, combine mixtures, add butter, and beat vigorously. Pour into a buttered shallow pan, and bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven.