[ Receipt for Gingerbread ]
Date: Late 18th or early 19th century; exact date unknown.
Source:
Militia Regulations Book
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Reference: MG 100 Vol. 1 No. 5 / Microfilm Reel 786
A recipe for gingerbread that lists ingredients followed by method. Pasted inside a book of Militia Regulations.
Receipt for Gingerbread
7 lb of Flour
2 {. . .} of Sugar
1 1/2 lb of Butter
1 oz of Caraway Seeds
1/4 oz of Pearl Ash
1 pint of Milk
Rub the Butter first in the flour fine
Melt the sugar in the milk
Then mix them all with Seeds & pearl Ash
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