On Dec 15, 11:20 pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> honeybunch wrote on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:45:14 -0800 (PST):
>
> h> The recipe in my 1962 edition of The Joy of Cooking for
> h> gingerbread men on page 677 is worn out. I cant read the
> h> number of cups of flour needed. I would be grateful it
> h> anyone has this old copy and would tell me about the flour.
> h> This is a great recipe. It has no eggs and the gingerbread
> h> just gets better and better as it ages. Thanks very much.
>
> I think the same eggless recipe may be on page 662 of the 1963
> edition. Anyway, it's
>
> 1/4 cup butter
> 1/2 cup sugar
> 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour.
> 1 tsp soda
> 1/4 tsp cloves
> 1/2 tsp cinnamon
> 1 tsp ginger
> 1/2 tsp salt
> 1/4 cup water
>
> I'm giving the ingredient list so that you can check if it might
> be the same recipe. If you want, I can give more details of the
> rather long recipe.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not


Thank all you kind people.