As with other kinds of baked goods, flour, butter and eggs are the foundation of gingerbread, Phipps says. Gingerbread’s sweetness (by way of molasses or brown sugar) is balanced by a blend of warm, ...
The recipe for Joe Froggers also calls for an unconventional cookie ingredient: hot water. The water activates the baking soda and helps it dissolve. Legend has it that Lucretia used hot seawater to ...