Hot Water Gingerbread (Without Egg)

1/4 cup shortening

1 cup dark molasses 1/2 cup boiling water

2 cups bread flour

1 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix shortening, molasses, and water; add dry ingredients sifted together, and beat well. Pour into greased muffin pans and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes; or pour into a greased shallow pan and bake twenty-five minutes.

Hot Water Gingerbread (With Egg)

1/3 cup beef drippings 2/3 cup boiling water 1 cup dark molasses 1 egg well beaten

2 3/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger

Pour boiling water over shortening, add molasses and egg; mix and sift dry ingredients, add to first mixture, and beat well. Pour into a shallow, greased cake pan, and bake in a moderate oven twenty-five minutes.

Sour Milk Gingerbread

2 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons soda

1 teaspoon ginger

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup molasses

1 cup thick sour milk

1 egg well beaten

Mix and sift dry ingredients, add molasses, milk, and egg, and beat well; pour into a greased pan, and bake in a moderate oven twenty-five minutes.

Ginger Apple Cake

Follow any recipe for gingerbread, bake in two layers, and put Apple Filling (see No. 529) between layers and on top.

Ginger Gems

1/2 cup molasses 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup shortening 1/2 cup boiling water 1 beaten egg

1 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix in order given, sifting the dry ingredients together; beat well, pour into greased muffin tins, and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes.