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- From: jon@msunix (Jonathan Hue)
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- Subject: RECIPE: extravagant gingerbread
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- Date: 9 May 86 06:15:50 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE GINGERBREAD-2 D "5 Mar 86" 1986
- .RZ "GINGERBREAD" "Best-ever gingerbread"
- This moist gingerbread is a good recipe for the holidays or any other time.
- This recipe was originally published in \fISunset\fR magazine before I was
- born.
- .IH "serves 12"
- .IG "1 cup" "white sugar" "200 g"
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "salt" "1 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "ginger" "5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "cinnamon" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "powdered cloves" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "1 cup" "vegetable oil" "250 ml"
- .IG "1 cup" "light molasses" "250 ml"
- .IG "2 tsp" "baking soda" "10 ml"
- (That's baking \fIsoda\fR, not baking powder)
- .IG "1 cup" "boiling water" "250 ml"
- .IG "2 \(12 cups" "all-purpose flour," "250 g"
- unsifted
- .IG "2" "eggs,"
- well beaten
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Mix the sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves together in a bowl.
- .SK 2
- Add the vegetable oil and the molasses, stirring until well blended.
- .SK 3
- Mix the baking soda into the boiling water and immediately stir into
- the mixture.
- .SK 4
- Add the flour gradually, mixing well after each addition.
- .SK 5
- Mix in the beaten eggs.
- .SK 6
- Pour into a greased
- .AB "9\(mu13" "20\(mu30"
- baking pan and bake at
- .TE 350 175
- for 40 minutes.
- .NX
- Top with whipped cream or lemon sauce.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 20 minutes to prepare, 40 minutes to cook.
- .I Precision:
- measure the ingredients.
- .WR
- Jonathan Hue
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Company\(emMechanisms & Servos, Sunnyvale, CA
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