Refrigerator Gingerbread

A recipe for "Refrigerator Gingerbread," as written by Sylvia Sasse. Original source unknown.

Ingredients:

Butter

White Sugar

Eggs

Molasses (dark)

Flour

Baking Soda

Nutmeg

Cinnamon

Allspice

Buttermilk

1 cup

1 cup

4

1 cup

4 cups

2 tsp

1/4 tsp

1/4 tsp

1/4 tsp

1 cup

Steps:

1) Cream butter and sugar.

2) Add eggs, beating well after each addition

3) Stir in molasses

4) In another bowl, sift dry ingredients together

5) Alternate adding dry ingredients and buttermilk to the molasses mixture

6) Cover and store in refrigerator; will keep for several weeks.
To bake, set in muffin tin or in square pan into oven at 350°F for 20 minutes.