Buckeye Cookery

Tried and approved: the great American housekeeping bible of 1880.

Ginger-Bread

14 recipes in this part of Buckeye Cookery.

Ginger-Bread (If in making ginger-bread)

If in making ginger-bread the dough becomes too stiff before it is rolled out, set it before the fire. Snaps will not be crisp if made on a…

Alum Ginger-Bread

Pint molasses, tea-cup melted lard, table-spoon ginger, table-spoon salt, tea-cup boiling water; in half the water dissolve table-spoon…

Ginger-Bread (One gallon molasses)

One gallon molasses or strained honey, one and a quarter pounds butter, quarter pound soda stirred in a half tea-cup sweet milk, teaspoon…

Excellent Soft Ginger-Bread

One and a half cups Orleans molasses, half cup brown sugar, half cup butter, half cup sweet milk, tea-spoon soda, tea-spoon allspice, half…

Sponge Ginger-Bread

One cup sour milk, one of Orleans molasses, a half cup butter, two eggs, one tea-spoon soda, one table-spoon ginger, flour to make as thick…

Ginger Cookies (Two cups molasses one of lard)

Two cups molasses, one of lard, one of sugar, two-thirds cup sour milk, table-spoon ginger, three tea-spoons soda stirred in the flour and…

Ginger Cookies (One egg one cup sugar one cup)

One egg, one cup sugar, one cup molasses, one table-spoon soda, one of vinegar, one of ginger; roll thin and bake quickly.

Ginger Cakes

One quart Orleans molasses, pint lard or butter, pint buttermilk, two table-spoons soda, two table-spoons ginger, flour enough to make a…

Ginger Drop-Cakes

Take three eggs, one cup lard, one of baking molasses, one of brown sugar, one large table-spoon ginger, one table-spoon soda dissolved in…

Best Ginger-Drops

Half cup sugar, a cup molasses, half cup butter, one tea-spoon each cinnamon, ginger and cloves, two tea-spoons soda in a cup boiling…

Ginger-Snaps (Two cups molasses one of lard)

Two cups molasses, one of lard, one table-spoon soda, one of ginger, flour to roll stiff. - Miss Mary Gallagher.

Ginger-Snaps (One pound and six ounces flour)

One pound and six ounces flour, four of sugar, eight of butter, six of preserved orange peel, half pint of molasses, one tea-spoon soda…

Hotel Ginger-Snaps

One gallon molasses, two pounds brown sugar, one quart melted butter, half cup each ground cloves, mace, cinnamon and ginger, one cup…

Molasses Cake

One cup each of butter, sugar, sour milk and molasses, five cups Hour, two eggs, one table-spoon soda, one of ginger. - Mrs. A. J. Palmes…

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