Wartime Gingerbread
From chefmeow 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
WARTIME GINGERBREAD This is a recipe I obtained from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Crawford Estate in Quinlan, Texas in 1982. “My New England great-grandmother’s recipe for gingerbread is a treasure in these days of shortages. Read more No sugar, no eggs, no milk, very little shortening. It’s quick and easy." See less
Ingredients
- 1 cup molasses shopping list
- 2 cups flour shopping list
- 2 teaspoons baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter shopping list
- Very hot water shopping list
How to make it
- Mix molasses and flour.
- Put soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt and butter in measuring cup and fill with very hot water.
- Add to flour mixture gradually.
- Bake very slowly at 300 in a loaf pan.
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