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 GINGERBREAD


 * MATERIALS

½ cup butter

½ cup sugar

½ cup molasses

1 egg

1 teaspoon ginger

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon clove

1 teaspoon soda

½ cup strong hot coffee

2 cups flour

UTENSILS Small saucepan

Mixing-bowl

Small bowl

Mixing-spoon

Dover beater

Sifter

Bread or cake pan

DIRECTIONS


 * 1) Melt the butter in a small saucepan, and pour it into a mixing-bowl.
 * 2) Add the sugar and molasses, and stir.
 * 3) Beat the egg in a small bowl, and add it to the mixture in the large bowl.
 * 4) Stir in the spices and beat well.
 * 5) Mix the soda into the hot coffee, stir well, and pour this into the mixture in the large bowl.
 * 6) Sift the flour into the mixture, and stir and beat until the batter is light and smooth.
 * 7) Pour the batter into a buttered bread-pan, or two buttered cake-pans, and bake in a moderate oven about twenty minutes.

REMARKS

Gingerbread may be covered with Boiled Frosting (page 113), if desired. 