Old Fashioned Gingerbread
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Old Fashioned Gingerbread Recipe
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Old Fashioned Gingerbread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar, white
- 1 egg
- 1 cup light molasses
- 1 cp hot water
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoons cloves
Instructions
- Cream shortening and sugar
- Add egg
- Beat well
- Combine molasses and water
- Add alternatively
- Whisk the dry ingredients
- Pour into well greased 9 x 12 or 9" pan
- Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 50 - 60 minutes
- Serve warm
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