Gingerbread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 egg
• 1 cup dark cane syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup hot water
• 2 1/2 cups sifted flour

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, shortning, and sugar.
• 2 mix in egg, molasses, and the other dry ingredints sifted together.
• 3 add hot water, beating until smooth.
• 4 in a parchment lined, greased jelly-roll pan, pour the batter (which will be very thin).
• 5 cook at 300 degrees until batter has risen.
• 6 cook at 350 degrees until toothpick comes out clean.