Card Gingerbread

1/3 c Butter

1/2 c Dark molasses

1/2 ts Soda

1/4 ts Cinnamon

1/3 c Brown sugar

2 1/2 c Flour (sifted)

1/2 tb Ginger (scant)

1/4 ts Salt

1 Egg (slightly beaten)

Cream butter and sugar. Mix in egg; stir in molasses. Sift flour with dry ingredients and add to butter. Turn to floured board and roll 1/4" thick; cut in oblong 3"X4". Score cards with knife in 1/2" parallel lines. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake in slow (325 F) Florence Reeves Sykes, my mother`s paternal grandmother) SOURCE: Mama`s Favorite Recipes (Frances Turfitt) Shared by Nancy Coleman -----