Doddington Hall & Gardens, Lincoln
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The Family's Gingerbread Recipe

This gingerbread recipe has been passed to Claire by her late mother, Victoria.

Melt together: half a pound of black treacle, 1 tbsp Golden Syrub, quarter of a pound of sugar, 2 oz of lard and 2 oz margarine.

Sieve: 8 oz plain flour, half a tsp of both bicarbonate of soda and ground cinnamon plus 1 tsp each of ground ginger and mixed spice.

Whip 2 eggs then add half a cupful of milk. Agg this egg mixture to the treacle mixture when it has cooled a little. Then add slowly , mixing well, the flour etc. Bake for one and a half hours at a low heat.  

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