Gingerbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg
2 Tbsp. molasses
1 c. sour milk or buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation

Mix 5 first ingredients as you would for pie crust. Set aside 1/2 of this mixture. Make hole in remaining dry ingredients; add egg, molasses, buttermilk, soda and salt.
Mix well; pour into 9 x 13-inch cake pan which has been greased and floured. Sprinkle 1/2 cup reserved dry ingredients on top. Bake 30 minutes in preheated 350\u00b0 oven.