Recipe

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• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup blackstrap molasses
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 egg (optional)

• 1 Cream together brown sugar and butter.
• 2 Add molasses and baking soda disolved in hot water.
• 3 Add dry ingredients to mixture. Beat well.
• 4 Put into greased, floured 9x9x2 inch pan,
• 5 Bake at 350 F for 35 minutes.
• 6 The following may also be added to this recipe- rasins, chopped nuts or candied fruit for fruit cake.