The Toronto Cook Book

Doughnuts, Gingerbreads and Cookies 47 Sugar Gingerbread Two-thirds cup butter, two cups sugar, one tablespoon ginger, two eggs, one cup milk, three cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder. Spread it on shallow pans well buttered and when baked cut it into rectangular pieces. * Molasses Sponge Gingerbread One cup sugar, one of milk, one of molasses, and half a cup of butter, melted together, three eggs, four cups flour, one teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in warm water, one and a half teaspoons ginger. — Frances Perry Sexton. Hard Gingerbread One cup butter, two cups sugar, one cup milk, one teaspoon soda, one tablespoon ginger; flour enough to roll out. Gingerbread with Jelly One cup molasses, one-half cup butter, one egg, one-half cup warm water, one teaspoon soda, one of ginger, one of cinnamon, two cups flour, a little salt. Bake in Washington pie tins and spread jelly between, or you can bake in one sheet and split and spread the jelly. Gingerbread Cream together one cup sugar and two rounding tablespoons of lard, add one cup of molasses, mix well, add one cup each of milk and water, four even cups flour, pinch salt, two rounding teaspoons of soda dissolved in a very little hot water, two teaspoons ginger. Beat as long as you can. Bake in quite a hot oven. Marshmallow Gingerbread Melt one-half cup shortening, add one cup molasses, one egg well beaten, two and one-third cups flour mixed and sifted with one and three-quarter teaspoons soda and one teaspoon each of salt and ginger, and one cup sour milk. Bake in a large dripping pan about 20 minutes. Remove from pan, cut in halves crosswise and on one-half spread marshmallows. Cover with the other half and set it in oven for a few minutes. Remove to serving dish, cool slightly and serve with whipped cream. The Toronto Cook Book Soft Sour Milk Gingerbread One cup sour milk, one cup molasses, one cup brown sugar, half a cup butter, one teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in the sour milk, one teaspoon salt, one and a half teaspoons ginger, four cups of flour, three eggs beaten separately. Soft Gingerbread One cup butter, one cup brown sugar, one cup molasses (black), one cup sour milk, four eggs, beaten separately, one tablespoon ginger, one tablespoon cinnamon, one teaspoon baking soda, three cups flour. Cookies One and a half cups sugar, one and a half cups butter, three eggs stirred in without beating, two and a half spoons baking powder; flour to make a good paste; roll thin and cook in a quick oven. Cookies Two cups sugar, one cup butter, two eggs, half cup milk, one teaspoon cream of tartar, one teaspoon soda; add flour to roll stiff. Fruit Cookies One and a half cups brown sugar, one cup butter, three eggs well beaten, half teaspoon vanilla, half teaspoon lemon juice, one cup walnuts cut small, one cup dates cut small, two and a half cups flour, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, half teaspoon salt, a pinch of allspice, a pinch of cloves. Drop teaspoon of dough in pan leaving room for spreading. Bake in moderate oven. Date Cookies