The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook


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The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook  
Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, milk, and dry ingredients mixed and sifted. Put some  
mixture on an inverted dripping−pan and roll as thinly as possible to cover pan. Mark dough  
of  
with  
a coarse grater. Sprinkle with sugar and bake in a moderate oven. Before removing from pan,  
cut in strips four and one−half inches long by one and one−half inches wide.  
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Christmas English Gingerbread  
1
1
1
lb. flour  
1
/2 lb. butter  
1
cup sugar  
tablespoon ginger  
teaspoon salt  
Molasses  
Mix flour, sugar, ginger, and salt. Work in butter, using tips of fingers, and add just enough  
molasses to hold ingredients together. Let stand over night to get thoroughly chilled. Roll  
very  
9
thin, shape, and bake in a moderate oven.  
Card Gingerbread  
1
1
/3 cup butter  
1
3/4 cups flour  
/3 cup brown  
sugar  
1
3
/2 tablespoon ginger  
/4 teaspoon salt  
1
1
egg  
/2 cup molasses  
1
/2 teaspoon soda  
1
/4 teaspoon cinnamon  
Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg well beaten, molasses, and flour mixed and sifted  
with ginger, salt, soda, and cinnamon. Chill, roll in sheets to one−fourth inch in thickness,  
bake on  
a buttered sheet, and cut in squares.  
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0
Walnut Molasses Bars  
1
1
/4 cup butter  
3
cups flour  
/4 cup lard  
1
/2 tablespoon ginger  
Chapter XXX − GINGERBREADS, COOKIES, AND WAFERS  
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