Dr Wingnut

Category: Cooking

  • Eliza Larmour’s Gingersnaps

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    Ingredients 1 cup solid vegetable shortening 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar (divided 1 + 1/2) 1 egg 1/4 cup dark molasses 1 tablespoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 2 cups flour Tools Mixer Medium mixing bowl Small mixing bowl Measuring spoons Measuring cups Rubber…

  • Irene Lord’s Candied Fruit Cakes

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    This is my paternal grandmother’s fruit cake recipe.  In contract with other fruit cakes which so many deign to be doorstops, this recipe is in a class by itself since it has none of the nasty doorstop fruitcake items like citron, citrus peels and the like.  The doctor always makes 3 or 4 batches to…