Spiced Ale and Gingerbread
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
For the gingerbread
5 oz. butter
1 teaspoonful ginger
6 oz. sugar
6 oz. flour
6 oz. treacleRecipe
Rub butter into flour, and add sugar and ginger. Warm the treacle and
mix in well. Drop small pieces on a well-greased tin and bake in a
moderate oven for 30-40 minutes.
For the spiced ale
1 quart ale
A little mixed spice
1 teaspoonful nutmeg
4 cloves
2 apples
1 teaspoonful sugar
Heat the ale very slowly until very hot, but on no account must it boil.
Cut up the apples in slices and serve hot with a slice of apple floating
in the glass or tankard.