Hot Water Ginger Bread

Hot Water Ginger Bread
From The Baptist Cook Book 1940

1/3 cup butter
1 cup molasses
2/3 cup boiling water
2-1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp soda
2 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp cloves

Melt butter in hot water, add molasses, dry ingredients mixed and sifted.

Bake in buttered shallow pan 35 to 40 minutes or in greased muffin tins 30 to 35 minutes at 350'.