Civil War recipe

Have you ever read a book that made you hungry enough to head to the kitchen? That's what happened to Pegg Thomas last week when she was about half way through Spy of Richmond. Apparently the references to ginger cakes (gingerbread) that the Kent household cook prepared for the Union prisoners were just descriptive enough to convince Pegg it was high time she had some herself. Thankfully for the rest of us, she's sharing her family recipe with all of us! Thank you Pegg! 2 1/4 cups flour 1/3 cup sugar 1 cup molasses 3/4 cup hot water 1/2 cup oil 2 eggs 1 tsp soda 1 tsp ginger 1 tsp cinnamon 3/4  tsp salt Mix all and beat well. Pour into well-greased 9” square glass dish. Bake at 325 for 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Serve warm with whipped cream or applesauce. About Pegg Pegg lives on a hobby farm in Northern Lower Michigan with Michael, her husband. They have a few animals including Trooper – the horse, Tam and Murphy – the dogs, 3 barn cats, 2 rabbits, 8 sheep (plus lambs in spring), 9 laying hens, and several pigs in the summer months. They also have a large garden, a small orchard, and a growing berry patch.Besides writing, she enjoys a variety of crafts including spinning her sheep’s wool into yarn, knitting, counted cross stitch, quilting, scrapbooking, and card making. She and Michael enjoy camping, fishing, boat-nerding (you have to be a Great Lakes person to know about that), and thoroughbred horse racing. A life-long history geek, it’s no surprise that historical fiction is her genre. Colonial America and the Civil War era are favorite time periods to both read and write. Her favorite type of book centers on a great fiction story surrounded by factual historical events. Find more about Pegg here. *Do YOU have a recipe to share that was inspired by any of the Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War books? I'd love to put it on the blog! Message me through the contact tab or email me: jocelyn@jocelyngreen.com. Spy of Richmond (Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War Book 4) [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1170", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft size-full wp-image-2014", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"125", "height":"193", "alt":"125Spycover"}}]] Compelled to atone for the sins of her slaveholding father, Union loyalist Sophie Kent risks everything to help end the war from within the Confederate capital and abolish slavery forever. But she can’t do it alone. Former slave Bella Jamison sacrifices her freedom to come to Richmond, where her Union soldier husband is imprisoned, and her twin sister still lives in bondage in Sophie’s home. Though it may cost them their lives, they work with Sophie to betray Rebel authorities. Harrison Caldwell, a Northern journalist who escorts Bella to Richmond, infiltrates the War Department as a clerk–but is conscripted to defend the city’s fortifications. As Sophie’s spy network grows, she walks a tightrope of deception, using her father’s position as newspaper editor and a suitor’s position in the ordnance bureau for the advantage of the Union. One misstep could land her in prison, or worse. Suspicion hounds her until she barely even trusts herself. When her espionage endangers the people she loves, she makes a life-and-death gamble. Will she follow her convictions even though it costs her everything–and everyone–she holds dear?