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Gossamer Gingerbread

A dish made with butter and sugar.

Gingerbreads, Cookies, And Wafers

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1⅞ cups flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon yellow ginger
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ⅓ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • ½ cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, then egg well beaten. Add milk, and dry ingredients mixed and sifted. Spread in a buttered dripping-pan as thinly as possible, using the back of mixing-spoon. Bake fifteen minutes. Sprinkle with sugar, and cut in small squares or diamonds before removing from pan.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories465
Protein7.0 g
Fat14.5 g
Carbs77.8 g
Fiber1.3 g
Sodium320 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States