American Southern

Cheap Ginger Bread

Name: Cheap Ginger Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 cups sugar; 0.5 cup molasses; 2 tbsp lard; 2 cups milk; 2 tsp ginger; 2 each soda

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 23. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

1
One cup sugar, half cup molasses, two tablespoons melted lard, two cups sour milk, two teaspoons ginger, two do.
2
soda.

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