Soft Gingerbread Recipe

Twenty-five Cent Dinners For Families Of Six

Melt one ounce of butter, (cost two cents,) add it to

half a pint of molasses, (cost five cents,) with one level teaspoonful

each of ground cloves, cinnamon, and ginger, (cost one cent;) dissolve

one level teaspoonful of soda in half a pint of boiling water, mix this

with the molasses, and lightly stir in half a pound of sifted flour

(cost two cents;) line a cake-pan with buttered paper, pour in the

batter, which will be very thin, and bake it about half an hour, or

until you can run a broom-splint into it, and withdraw it clean. The

cake, which will be a good size, will cost about ten cents.