Old-Fashioned Gingerbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. boiling water
1 tsp. soda
1 c. molasses or dark syrup
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. ginger
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 c. sugar
1/4 Tbsp. Crisco
3 eggs

Preparation

Mix soda in boiling water; stir well.
When it stops foaming, add syrup and set aside.
Sift dry ingredients, except sugar.
Set aside.