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Soft Molasses Gingerbread
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Soft Molasses Gingerbread

8 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

893
Calories
27g
Protein
26g
Fat
136g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Sour Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup molasses
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • 1¾ teaspoons soda
  • ½ cup sour milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons ginger
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Directions

1

Put butter and molasses in saucepan and cook until boiling-point is reached. Remove from fire, add soda, and beat vigorously. Then add milk, egg well beaten, and remaining ingredients mixed and sifted. Bake fifteen minutes in buttered small tin pans, having pans two-thirds filled with mixture.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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