Yes this is a recipe from THAT Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie series). What a treasure!

Laura’s Gingerbread Recipe:

1 cup brown sugar blended with
1/2 cup lard or other shortening.
1 cup molasses mixed well with this.
2 teaspoons baking soda in 1 cup boiling water
(Be sure cup is full of water after foam is run off into cake mixture).

Mix all well.

To 3 cups of flour have added one teaspoon each of the following spices: ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves; and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Sift all into cake mixture and mix well.

Add lastly 2 well-beaten eggs.

The mixture should be quite thin.

Bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes.

Raisins and, or, candied fruit may be added and a chocolate frosting adds to the goodness.

Source: hbook.com

Date Added: Nov 29, 2007

Ingredients:

4 cups hot water
4 cups apple juice
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp cloves
1/8 tsp nutmeg
Powdered juice crystals (red)
Cinnamon sticks

Directions:

• Mix everything together and heat until just to boiling. Boil for one minute then remove from heat. Stir in enough powdered juice crystals to achieve the desired color.
• Serve with cinnamon sticks.

Date Added: Nov 28, 2007

Ingredients:

1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
1/2 cup butter
1 cup light cream
1/2 cup broken walnuts
1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions:

• Combine the sugar, corn syrup, butter and 1/2 cup cream. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add remaining 1/2 cup cream and cook slowly to hard ball stage (260°F).
• Remove from heat, add vanilla and nuts, pour into greased 8×8x2 inch square pan.
• Mark in squares when part cool, cut when cold.
• Wrap in wax paper, keep in air tight container until serving.

Yield: 36 pieces

Date Added: Nov 28, 2007

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
4 TBS cocoa
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
30 arrowroot biscuits or graham wafers (crush into small pieces)

Directions:

• Mix together butter, sugar, cocoa and eggs in the top of a double boiler. Heat over hot water until everything is melted and thick.
• Remove from heat and add vanilla, nuts and biscuit bits.
• Roll into balls.
• Chill.

Date Added: Nov 28, 2007

Ingredients:

1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup icing sugar
2 TBS butter (soft)
1 cup Rice Krispies
Butter icing
Shredded, fine coconut

Directions:

• Mix together the peanut butter, icing sugar and butter. Add Rice Krispies and mix thoroughly. Roll into balls.
• Roll in butter icing.
• Roll in fine coconut.
• Chill.

Date Added: Nov 28, 2007