1 teaspoonful cinnamon.

1 heaping teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in hot water.

Nearly 4 cups of flour.

Mix, and bake quickly, adding the soda-water last, and beating hard for two minutes after it goes in.

Sugar Gingerbread.

1 cup butter.

2 cups of sugar.

4 eggs, beaten very light.

1 cup of sour cream.