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                         Lady Webster’s Gingerbread
 
 Recipe By     : Highland and Other Recipes
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    8      ounces        plain flour
    8      ounces        treacle -- or
    4      ounces        treacle -- and
    4      ounces        syrup
    3      ounces        brown sugar
    1      cup           milk
    1      teaspoon      mixed spice
    4      ounces        margarine
    1                    egg
      1/2  teaspoon      baking soda
    2      tablespoons   ground ginger
 
 Mix all dry ingredients together, melt margarine and treacle in the milk.
 When dissolved and well mixed pour on to the beaten egg. Mix in the dry
 ingredients (and add 2 or 3 ounces of peel if desired). pour into well
 greased tin of 2 pound size. Bake in moderate oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. The
 mixture should be slack like a thick brown sauce (added Lady Riddell Webster
 at W. R. I. show).
 
 Mrs B. Park
 Bridgefoot, Dundee
 
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