Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup light molasses
- 3 eggs
- beaten
- 4 cups flour
- sifted
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup confectioners sugar", "1 tablespoon butter", "1 12 tablespoons milk (add a little more for a thinner icing)", "12 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and grease baking pans.
- Mix first three ingredients together and cool.
- Add molasses and eggs; mix well.
- Sift remaining ingredients together.
- Add to first mixture gradually.
- Spread batter in pans to a thickness of about 1/2 inch.
- Bake until mixture springs back when pressed lightly with finger, about 25 minutes.
- Baking time depends upon thickness.
- When cool, frost with white icing and cut into squares.
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