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angel gingerbread

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Charlotte Gunther
Stow, OH

this recipe comes from "The Time reader's book of recipes" 1949, given me by my grandmother when i was a young teen. it is a particularly good gingerbread, submitted originally by Mrs. E. J. Hutchinson of ME

(2 ratings)
yield 12 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 30 Min

Ingredients For angel gingerbread

  • 1 c
    sifted flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    ginger
  • 1/4 tsp
    cinnamon, ground
  • 1/4 tsp
    cloves, ground
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 c
    shortening
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1/4 c
    molasses
  • 1
    egg
  • 1/2 c
    boiling water

How To Make angel gingerbread

  • 1
    Sift flour. Measure. Sift again with soda, spices and salt.
  • 2
    Cream shortening until soft. Beat in sugar and molasses with rotary egg beater until well blended. Add egg. Beat well. Add flour. Mix well.
  • 3
    Add boiling water. Stir until well blended. Bake in greased waxed paper lined 8-inch square pan in moderate oven (350) for 30 minutes or until done. Makes 12 squares.
  • 4
    "This is even more heavenly with whipped cream."

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