Grandmother Basquin's Ginger Bread

Grandmother Basquin was born in 1881 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, so her recipes bring a taste of trraditional New England cooking to our cookbook.

2-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon,
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 tsp soda dissolved in 1 cup hot water
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg add to above
1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup each Karo syrup and water mixed

Sift together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Add the soda water and stir.

Cream the sugar and shortening together. Add the egg and molasses. Alternately add the Karo mix and the flour mix until all ingredients are blended. Bake at 325-350 for 35 minutes.

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