The Dixie Cook-Book

“The best is none too good.” Southern family receipts gathered across generations and printed in Atlanta in 1883 — and, in the same volume, everything else a household was expected to know: the laundry, the sick-room, dressmaking, babies, and a year's bill of fare.

Ginger-Bread

14 receipts in this part of The Dixie Cook-Book.

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…

Ginger Cake with Spice

Three eggs, one cup butter, two of flour, one of sugar, scant half cup molasses, with half a tea-spoon soda stirred in it until it foams…

Training Day Ginger-Bread

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 flour, two eggs, one table-spoon soda, one of ginger. - Mrs. A. J. Palmes…

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