Lindgren Family Recipes - Helen Louise "Pat" Clarke Lindgren - Old Virginia Wassail & Gingerbread - page 1

This recipe for the old-English traditional Christmas wassail is based on that used by Virginia's famed Williamsburg Inn for more than a century.

OLD VIRGINIA WASSAIL

2 qts. sweet apple cider

2 cups orange juice

1 cup lemon juice

2 cups pineapple juice

1 stick whole cinnamon

1 tsp. whole cloves

Combine ingredients and

bring to a simmer - 3 min

Strain and serve hot.

GINGERBREAD

1/2 cup shortening 

1/2 cup sugar (granulated) of brown; latter firmly packed)

Add, beating well-1 egg

Then add-

1/2 cup molasses (light or dark, as preferred)

1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar

Sift together -

3 cups sifted flour

1/3 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. allspice

1/4 tsp. cloves

Stir in sifted ingredients mixing only until blended. Chill dough, then roll out on lightly floured board to 1/2" thickness. Cut with gingerbread man cutter. Place on greased cookie sheet. Use raisins to form features and buttons. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove at once and cool. Frost if desired. Makes two to three dozen, depending on cutter size.

Submitted by Karen Louise Lindgren Bradford.

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