- 1 cup molasses
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoon ginger
2 to 4 tablespoons butter or beef suet
½ cup boiling water
½ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
Mix and sift dry ingredients; add remaining ingredients. Bake twenty to thirty minutes.
Rochester Gingerbread
- ½ cup beef drippings
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup sour milk
1 cup molasses
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons ginger
Melt the beef drippings, add remaining ingredients, beat well, and bake in deep bread pans in a moderate oven.
Ginger Snaps
- 1 cup molasses
¼ to ½ cup butter, suet, or chicken fat
3 cups flour
½ teaspoon soda
1 tablespoon ginger
2 teaspoons salt
Boil shortening and molasses two minutes. Add remaining ingredients, mixed and sifted. Beat well; chill over night. Roll very thin. Shape with knife or cutter. Bake on buttered pan in quick oven eight to ten minutes.