Title

Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Subject

butter

sugar

molasses

salt

cinnamon

cloves

ginger

baking soda

flour

eggs

buttermilk

Description

Card 1 Front of recipe RCA0009-20260629-0083

Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients:

1/2 cup fresh churned butter 1 tablespoon ground ginger
1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon baking soda
1 cup molasses 2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon ground cloves

1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar together until well mixed.
2. Blend in remaining ingredients.
3. Grease a 9" x 13" baking pan.
4. Heat pan in 350° oven until very hot.
5. Remove pan from oven, pour in batter and return to oven
6. Bake for 40 minutes at 350°.

Note: this recipe is over 200 years old.

Card 1 Back of recipe RCA0009-20260629-0083

I baked a pan full of gingerbread
and left it on the stove to cool while
I went for a ride in the country.
When I got back, half the cake was
gone. Later that day, my sister and
her husband confessed that they
had taken half the gingerbread. It
was all right with me. Whatever I
have that somebody wants, they can
have it.

-- Mae Stevens

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# Old Fashioned Gingerbread

*Recipe from the kitchen of Mae Stevens*

*I baked a pan full of gingerbread and left it on the stove to cool while I went for a ride in the country. When I got back, half the cake was gone. Later that day, my sister and her husband confessed that they had taken half the gingerbread. It was all right with me. Whatever I have that somebody wants, they can have it.*

## Ingredients

- 1/2 cup fresh churned butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 Tbsp ground ginger
- 1 Tbsp baking soda
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

## Instructions

1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar together until well mixed.
2. Blend in remaining ingredients.
3. Grease a 9" x 13" baking pan.
4. Heat pan in 350° oven until very hot.
5. Remove pan from oven, pour in batter and return to oven.
6. Bake for 40 minutes at 350°.

Creator

Barb Washburn

Source

RCA0009 - From Loan Ledger to Kitchen: The Barb Washburn Collection (Family)

Date

1960s

Contributor

Mae Stevens

Rights

Personal/Family

Format

Typed recipe card

Identifier

RCA0009-20260629-0083

Coverage

Washington, US Wisconsin, US