Gingerbread

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter + lard mixed
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg beaten
• 1 cup Molasses
• 2½ cups flour
• 1½ teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon each, Cinn and ginger
• ½ teaspoon cloves
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup hot water

Directions

1. Cream together ½ cup butter + lard mixed with ½ cup sugar, add 1 egg beaten and 1 cup Molasses.
2. Sift together 2½ cups flour, 1½ teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon each, Cinn and ginger, ½ teaspoon cloves, ½ teaspoon salt and add to first mixture.
3. Add 1 cup hot water and beat until smooth.
4. Bake in greased shallow pan 35 minutes in a moderate oven.

Timing

• 35 minutes

Temperature

• 1 cup hot water; moderate oven

Equipment

• mixing vessel and creaming utensil, egg-beating utensil, sifter, measuring tools, greased shallow pan, and oven