Ginger Bread

Ingredients

• 3 quarts flour
• 0.75 pound brown sugar
• 1 large spoonful pounded ginger
• 1 teaspoon powdered cloves
• 0.5 pound butter
• 1 quart rich molasses

Instructions

1. Sift together the flour, brown sugar, pounded ginger, and powdered cloves. Melt the butter in the molasses. Wet the flour mixture with the molasses and butter, then knead it well. Bake in a slack oven.