Recipe - Molasses Gingerbread

One half cup Butter;, softened
1 cup Dark brown sugar
1 cup Molasses
2 Eggs;, beaten slightly
1 One half teaspoon Baking soda
1 cup Hot water
3 cup Flour
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 tablespoon Ground ginger
One half teaspoon Ground cloves
One half cup Raisins;, (optional)

Cream butter and sugar. Blend in molasses until smooth. Stir in eggs and
beat well. Dissolve soda in the hot water and stir into molasses mixture.
Sift together dry ingrediants and stir gradually into molasses mixture
until well blended. Add raisins. Bake in a greased 8x8x2inch pan 350
degree oven for 23 to 30 minutes. This recipe came from a free booklet
called Old Country Store Recipes booklet. Typed by Ethel Snyder
essie49@juno.com Date: July 27, 1997

This recipe came from a free booklet called Old Country Store recipes; to
obtain this booklet send a selfaddressed stamped envelope to Country Store
Recipe Booklet P.O. Box 629 Burgin, Ky 40310

Recipe by: Pekin (Illinois) Daily times newspaper 07/23/97 Posted to
MCRecipe Digest V1 #693 by essie49@juno.com (Ethel R Snyder) on Jul 27,
1997