This section is from the book "Three Hundred Favorite Recipes", by The Floral League Of The First Congregational Church. See also: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.
Mrs. O. G. Dornin
One cupful molasses, 1 cupful brown sugar, 1 cupful sour milk, 1 teaspoonful soda, 3 cupfuls flour, 3 eggs, 1/2 cupful butter, 2 teaspoonfuls ginger.
From Mrs. J. Nash
One-half cupful sugar, 1/2 cupful molasses, 1/2 cupful sour milk, 1/2 cupful butter, 1 egg, 2 cupfuls flour, 1 teaspoonful soda (dissolved in sour milk), spice to taste.
 
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