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Ginger Bread (MedievalElizabethan)

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This Scandinavian bread features Honey, Powdered ginger (generous, Ground cloves, Cinnamon, Ground licorice. It delivers sweet, indulgent flavor. Wonderful fresh from the oven, pairs well with any meal. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 8
Calories: 600.2
Description
This Scandinavian bread features Honey, Powdered ginger (generous, Ground cloves, Cinnamon, Ground licorice. It delivers sweet, indulgent flavor. Wonderful fresh from the oven, pairs well with any meal. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Honey
  • 1/4 teaspoon Powdered ginger (generous)
  • 1/8 teaspoon Ground cloves
  • 1/8 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon Ground licorice
  • 1 3/4 cup Dry bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon Anise seeds
Directions
  1. 1
    Course Ginger Bread--Take a quart of Honey clarified, and seeth it till it be brown, and if it be thick, put to it a dash of water: then take fine crumbs of white bread grated, and put to it, and
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    stir it well, and when it is almost cold, put to it the powder of Ginger, Cloves, Cinamon, and a little Licorice and Anise seeds: then
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    knead it, and put it into a mould and print it.
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    Some use to put to it also a little Pepper, but that is according unto taste and pleasure.--Gervase Markham, The English House-wife Gingerbread was traditionally boiled rather than baked.
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    Loaves of gingerbread, like squares of quince and other fruit pastes, were often stamped with decorative designs.
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    You may wish to experiment with a cookie or butter press on the top of this little loaf while it is still warm and malleable.
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    In the top of a double boiler, heat honey.
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    Add spices except anise seeds, and stir to blend.
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    Add bread crumbs and mix thoroughly.
  10. 10
    Cover and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.
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    Mixture should be thick and moist.
  12. 12
    Place gingerbread on a large sheet of waxed paper.
  13. 13
    Fold up sides of paper and mold dough into small rectangular shape.
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    Sprinkle anise seeds on top and press them gently into dough with the side of a knife.
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    Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  16. 16
    Serve gingerbread at room temperature in thin slices.
  17. 17
    To The Queen's Taste by Lorna J.
  18. 18
    Sass "Desserts"

Nutrition Facts

Servings 8

Amount Per Serving
Calories 600.2kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 5.7g9%
Saturated Fat 0.9g5%
Cholesterol 0.1mg1%
Sodium 655.2mg28%
Total Carbohydrate 130.0g44%
Dietary Fiber 7.8g32%
Sugars 50.1g
Protein 13.2g27%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: anise, baking, blending, boiling, bread, cinnamon, cloves, crumbs, dry, generous, ginger, ground, honey, licorice, medievalelizabethan, powdered, scandinavian, seeds, title, vegan
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