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Cream Gingerbread.  No Cookies.  No. 6.
1 cup cream 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon caraway seed 2 eggs.
Cream Gingerbread  No. 7.
1 tumbler sour cream 1 tumbler molasses 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon ginger flour to make as stiff as pound cake.
Molasses Gingerbread. Mrs. Marsh.  No. 8.
1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses 1 cup milk 1 cup butter 4 cups flour 4 eggs 2 teaspoons ginger 2 teaspoons cream tartar 1 teaspoon soda.
Ginger snaps.  Mrs. Hodges.  No. 6. 
1 cup sugar 1 cup butter mixed together 2 cups molasses 2/3 cup sour cream containing 1 egg & 1 teaspoon soda 1 tablespoon ginger - mix well melt the butter.  Add flour to make stiff.
Ginger snaps.  No. 7.
4 teaspoons water 6 teaspoons butter 1 teaspoon soda put in teacup & fill up with molasses - flour to roll out 1 teaspoon ginger.

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Cream Gingerbread. No Cookies. No. 6. 1 cup cream 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon caraway seed 2 eggs. Cream Gingerbread No. 7. 1 tumbler sour cream 1 tumbler molasses 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon ginger flour to make as stiff as pound cake. Molasses Gingerbread. Mrs. Marsh. No. 8. 1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses 1 cup milk 1 cup butter 4 cups flour 4 eggs 2 teaspoons ginger 2 teaspoons cream tartar 1 teaspoon soda. Ginger snaps. Mrs. Hodges. No. 6. 1 cup sugar 1 cup butter mixed together 2 cups molasses 2/3 cup sour cream containing 1 egg & 1 teaspoon soda 1 tablespoon ginger - mix well melt the butter. Add flour to make stiff. Ginger snaps. No. 7. 4 teaspoons water 6 teaspoons butter 1 teaspoon soda put in teacup & fill up with molasses - flour to roll out 1 teaspoon ginger.