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NEW ORLEANS GINGERBREAD
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup BUTTER
- 1/2 cup SUGAR
- 2 whole EGGS
- 2 1/2 cups FLOUR
- 1 1/2 tsp. CINNAMON
- 1 tsp. GINGER
- 1/2 tsp. SALT
- 1/2 tsp. CLOVES
- 1 cup BLACKSTRAP SYRUP
- 1 cup WATER.
Method
- Cream BUTTER and SUGAR, add EGGS. Sift dry ingredients together. Mix BLACKSTRAP and WATER - add dry ingredients alternating with liquid. Beat after each addition. Bake in paper lined pan in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes.
Note from the transcription
(Over 100 years old)