Christmas English Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1 lb. flour
• ½ lb. butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Molasses

Steps

1. Mix flour, sugar, ginger, and salt. Work in butter, using tips of fingers, and add just enough molasses to hold ingredients together. Let stand over night to get thoroughly chilled. Roll very thin, shape, and bake in a moderate oven.

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From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910), now in the public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg.