Recipes  from the early 1900s

Gingerbread - Recipe date-1921

1 cup of sour cream

1 cup of molassaes

2.5 cups of flour

.5 cup of sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1 teaspoon of ginger

.5 teaspoon of nutmeg

 

Stir sour cream and sugar together, add the beaten egg and molasses and beat well.

Mix flour, baking soda, ginger, and nutmeg together and add to the mixture,beating well. Makes a thick sheet in a biscuit pan. Bake in moderate oven for 20-30 minutes

Makes one good sized cake