American Southern

Bakers' Ginger Bread

Name: Bakers' Ginger Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 quarts molasses; 0.25 lb lard; 3 each eggs; 1 tbsp soda; 1 tbsp cream tartar; 1 each flour; 0.5 tbsp cloves; 2 tbsp ginger; 1 gill sour cream

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 31. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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