Warmest Welcome to Pamela Dean!

[pegkerr]

I checked my user page today and did a little happy dance, when I saw a new addition to my "Friends Of" list and thereby discovered that pameladean now has a LiveJournal account. Pamela writes wonderful books, including some of my very favorite fantasy novels of all time. I had the great pleasure of being in a Shakespeare reading group with her for a number of years, and she has been a very kind writing mentor to me. (And I should also not fail to mention that she gave me the best recipe for molasses gingerbread that I have ever tasted.)

I suspect she might not want a fuss made to welcome her. Tough cookies, Pamela. This is my journal, and I'm going to do it anyway. I'm glad to be able to be the first to say, welcome to LiveJournal, pameladean. So glad to have you with us.

Cheers,
Peg

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Molasses Gingerbread

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Adapted from a recipe published in American Cookery by Amelia Simmons in 1796:

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup dark molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 TB ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in 2 TB hot water
3/4 cup cold water
1/4 cup granulated sugar to sprinkle on top of batter

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and lightly flour an 8- by 8-inch baking pan.

Combine the butter and molasses in large mixing bowl, beat until well mixed. In a small bowl, mix together flour, ginger, cinnamon, coriander, salt, stirring with fork to blend. Stir into the butter mixture. Beat well. Add the baking soda dissolved in water, stir and blend. Beat in the cold water and mix well. Spoon into the pan and sprinkle sugar on top. Bake for about 20 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Cheers,
Peg

Re: Molasses Gingerbread

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

Oh, good heavens, that sounds wonderful!!

Thank you. I know what I'm making this weekend.