Gingerbread
Complete butter-and-lard recipe
Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
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
- Cream together ½ cup butter + lard mixed with ½ cup sugar, add 1 egg beaten and 1 cup Molasses.
- 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.
- Add 1 cup hot water and beat until smooth.
- 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
Mrs. Bigg two-egg recipe
Decorative Recipe Tin card attributed to Mrs. Bigg
From Mrs. Bigg.
Ingredients
- 1 C molasses
- ½ C sugar
- ½ C spry
- 1 t ginger, cloves, cinnamon
- 2 t soda
- 1 C hot water
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2½ C flour sifted
Directions
- Bake 50 mins. 350°
Timing: 50 mins.
Temperature: 1 C hot water; Bake 50 mins. 350°
Equipment: sifter, mixing bowl and utensil, and oven
As written
A concise handwritten formula attributed to Mrs. Bigg.
Typed shortening recipe with lost continuation
Old Binder PAGE 2 (C) typed lower section
Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening;
- ½ cup sugar;
- 1 egg,(beaten);
- 1 cup molasses;
- 2½ cups flour;
- 1½ teaspoon soda;
- 1 teaspoon each, cinnamon & ginger
- ½ teaspoon cloves;
- ½ teaspoon salt;
Directions
- Cream to-gether:; Add:; Sift to-gether:
- Add to first mixture,
As written
(cont.)
Compare the cards
Fat
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
- ½ cup butter + lard mixed
- Old Binder PAGE 2 (C) typed lower section
- ½ cup shortening
- Decorative Recipe Tin card attributed to Mrs. Bigg
- ½ cup spry
Eggs, soda, spices, and salt
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
- 1 egg; 1½ teaspoons soda; 1 teaspoon each cinnamon and ginger; ½ teaspoon each cloves and salt
- Old Binder PAGE 2 (C) typed lower section
- 1 egg; 1½ teaspoons soda; 1 teaspoon each cinnamon and ginger; ½ teaspoon each cloves and salt
- Decorative Recipe Tin card attributed to Mrs. Bigg
- 2 eggs; 2 teaspoons soda; 1 teaspoon each ginger, cloves, and cinnamon; no salt written
Method, time, and heat setting
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
- Complete creaming, sifting, hot-water mixing, and shallow-pan method; 35 minutes in a moderate oven
- Old Binder PAGE 2 (C) typed lower section
- Visible method ends Add to first mixture, (cont.); no water, pan, time, or heat setting is included
- Decorative Recipe Tin card attributed to Mrs. Bigg
- No mixing method or pan; Bake 50 mins. 350°
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