Ginger Bread

Ingredients

• 3 quarts flour
• 3/4 pound brown sugar
• 1 large spoonful pounded ginger
• 1 teaspoon powdered cloves
• 1/2 pound butter
• 1 quart rich molasses

Instructions

1. Take three quarts of flour, three quarters of a pound of brown sugar, a large spoonful of pounded ginger, and one tea-spoonful of powdered cloves; sift it.
2. Melt half a pound of butter in a quart of rich molasses, and wet the flour with it.
3. Knead it well, and bake it in a slack oven.