Gingerbread

🥘 Ingredients

• shortening ½ cup
• sugar ½ cup
• egg 1
• molasses ½ cup
• ginger ½ tsp
• boiling water ½ cup
• baking soda 1 tsp
• flour 1 ½ cups

1. 1

   shortening sugar egg molasses ginger boiling water baking soda flour
2. 2

   Mix shortening, sugar, egg, molasses and ginger. Mix boiling water and soda. Add to first mixture and stir in flour. Bake in a 9 inch square pan at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, until top springs back when touched. Serve with whipped cream or lemon sauce.