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      Title: SOFT GINGER BREAD
 Categories: Penndutch, Cakes
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      1 c  Sugar
      1 c  Molasses
    1/2 c  Butter or other shortening
      3 c  Flour
      1 c  Milk, sour
      2 t  Ginger
      2 t  Cinnamon
      1 t  Cloves
    1/4 t  Nutmeg
      2 ea Egg, well beaten
      1 t  Soda
      1 x  *dissolved in:
    1/4 c  Water, boiling
 
  Cream the shortening and sugar, aadd the eggs and molasses, and mix
  well. Sift the flour and spices, and add alternately with the milk to
  the first mixture. Stir in the dissolved soda. Pour into well-greased
  cake pan and bake at 350-F 30 minutes.
  Source:  Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary
  Arts Press, 1936.
 
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