The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook


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Chapter XXX − GINGERBREADS, COOKIES, AND  
WAFERS  
Hot Water Gingerbread  
1
cup molasses  
1
teaspoon soda  
1
/2 cup boiling  
water  
1
1/2 teaspoons ginger  
1/4 cups flour  
/2 teaspoon salt  
2
1
4
tablespoons melted butter  
Add water to molasses. Mix and sift dry ingredients, combine mixtures, add butter, and beat  
vigorously. Pour into a buttered shallow pan, and bake twenty−five minutes in a moderate  
oven.  
of  
Chicken fat tried out and clarified furnishes an excellent shortening, and may be used in place  
butter.  
1
Sour Milk Gingerbread  
1
1
2
cup molasses  
1
3/4 teaspoons soda  
cup sour milk  
2
teaspoons ginger  
1/3 cups flour  
1
/2 teaspoon salt  
1
/4 cup melted butter  
Mix soda with sour milk and add to molasses. Sift together remaining dry ingredients,  
combine  
mixtures, add butter, and beat vigorously. Pour into a buttered shallow pan, and bake  
twenty−five minutes in a moderate oven.  
2
Soft Molasses Gingerbread  
1
1
1
1
cup molasses  
1
egg  
/3 cup butter  
2
cups flour  
3/4 teaspoons soda  
2
teaspoons ginger  
/2 cup sour milk  
1
/2 teaspoon salt  
Chapter XXX − GINGERBREADS, COOKIES, AND WAFERS  
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