Mom'S Gingerbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sifted flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ginger
1 egg
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. shortening
1 c. molasses

Preparation

Sift the dry ingredients together and set aside.
Cream together the egg, milk, shortening and molasses.
Then add the dry ingredients
and
mix
well.
Pour
into
an
8
x 12-inch greased and
floured
pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for about 30 minutes. This recipe does not contain any sugar so it was a popular one during World War II when sugar was rationed.