Hard Gingerbread

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups butter
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 teaspoons ginger
  • 8 cups flour

Directions

Cream butter; add remaining ingredients. Spread quarter inch thick on buttered inverted dripping pan. Roll with creased rolling pin. Bake in quick oven. Cut in squares. Cool and keep in air-tight receptacles.