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Heelis family cookbook, 1850s
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Ginger bread 3 1/2 lb Wheat Meal 3 1/2 lb Treacle 12 oz Sugar 12 oz Butter 2 oz ground ginger 1 oz pounded Allspice 1 pint of Ale - add two thirds of the Ale to the other ingredients & beat them well for some time Then dissolve 1 oz of common washing soda in the rest of the ale & add it just before you put it into the oven. It requires a slow oven - (let all the ingredients except the flour & soda be put before the fire to dissolve for an hour or two-
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Ginger bread 3 1/2 lb Wheat Meal 3 1/2 lb Treacle 12 oz Sugar 12 oz Butter 2 oz ground ginger 1 oz pounded Allspice 1 pint of Ale - add two thirds of the Ale to the other ingredients & beat them well for some time Then dissolve 1 oz of common washing soda in the rest of the ale & add it just before you put it into the oven. It requires a slow oven - (let all the ingredients except the flour & soda be put before the fire to dissolve for an hour or two-
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