This section is from the book "Practical Dietetics: With Reference To Diet In Disease", by Alida Frances Pattee. Also available from Amazon: Practical Dietetics: With Reference to Diet in Disease.
Take "Long Branch" wafer crackers and spread with plain-boiled frosting, or add nuts, chocolate, cocoanut, etc. Put in oven a moment to dry, but not brown. Dainty to serve with Ice Cream, Ices and Sherbet.
1 egg.
1 cup molasses.
7 tablespoons melted butter.
1 teaspoon soda.
½ cup boiling water. 1 teaspoon ginger. 1¾ cups bread flour or 2¾ cups pastry flour.
Beat egg in mixing bowl; add molasses, melted butter, and gradually one cup of flour. To the remaining flour add the soda and ginger, sift and add to mixture; beat well and add the boiling water. Bake in well-greased and floured gem tins, or shallow pan, in a hot oven about twenty minutes. Test with a fine (washed) darning needle; when it comes out clear, or the cake shrinks from the pan the cake is done.
 
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