Plain Gingerbread

Original Recipe

One cup of dark cooking molasses, one cup of sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little warm water, a teaspoonful of salt and one heaping teaspoonful of ginger; make about as thick as cup cake. To be eaten warm.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup of sour cream
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little warm water
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt and one heaping teaspoonful of ginger
  • 10 warm

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cup of _dark_ cooking molasses, one cup of sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little warm water, a teaspoonful of salt and one heaping teaspoonful of ginger; make about as thick as cup cake.

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    To be eaten warm.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)