MomS Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 2 c sifted flour
• 12 tsp soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 12 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 egg
• 12 c milk
• 14 c shortening
• 1 c molasses

Directions

1. Sift the dry ingredients together and set aside
2. Cream together the egg milk shortening and molasses
3. Then add the dry ingredients
4. and
5. mix
6. well
7. Pour
8. into
9. an
10. 8
11. x 12-inch greased and
12. floured
13. pan
14. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes This recipe does not contain any sugar so it was a popular one during World War II when sugar was rationed