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The fairies made some gingerbread
Of sugar, flour, and spice.
"They said, "We'll give some to our queen,
It looks so very nice!"
So they put some on a napkin,
Laid on a pretty plate,
And took it to the rose bower
Where she was sleeping late.
When the little queen awakened,
It lay before her eyes
And then she cried with great delight,
"Oh what a big surprise!"
"For gingerbread so nice and brown,
So yummy and so airy
My royal thanks and compliments
to every cooking fairy!"
I was hiding by the rose bower
And was quiet as could be
When she asked the happy fairies
For their secret recipe.
I had a little notebook there
And wrote down what they said,
So that is how I learned to make
This Fairy Gingerbread!
Of sugar, flour, and spice.
"They said, "We'll give some to our queen,
It looks so very nice!"
So they put some on a napkin,
Laid on a pretty plate,
And took it to the rose bower
Where she was sleeping late.
When the little queen awakened,
It lay before her eyes
And then she cried with great delight,
"Oh what a big surprise!"
"For gingerbread so nice and brown,
So yummy and so airy
My royal thanks and compliments
to every cooking fairy!"
I was hiding by the rose bower
And was quiet as could be
When she asked the happy fairies
For their secret recipe.
I had a little notebook there
And wrote down what they said,
So that is how I learned to make
This Fairy Gingerbread!
1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 2 eggs 1 cup milk | 1 cup molasses 2-1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp. soda (baking) 1 tbs. ginger |
Cream sugar and buter in bowl. Beat eggs. Add eggs, milk, and molasses to butter and sugar mixture. Sift flour, soda, and ginger into mixture and beat well. Bake in shallow greased pan in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 45 minutes. |