Ft. Atkinson Ginger Bread

Ingredients

 * 1 cup New Orleans molasses
 * 1 cup boiling water
 * 2 cups Gold Medal flour, heaped
 * ½ cup butter
 * 1 egg
 * 1 teaspoon soda
 * 1 teaspoon ginger
 * 2 tablespoons sugar

Directions
To prepare this Ft. Atkinson Ginger Bread Recipe, first stir butter and sugar together, then rub it into the flour till fine, add molasses and yolk of egg and beat well; lastly, add the boiling water and white of egg beaten stiff. Makes a thick sheet in a biscuit pan.