Old fashioned fruit stack

Ingredient -

• 1 c. shortening
• 1 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. milk
• Self-rising flour (enough to make a soft stiff dough)
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 2/3 c. molasses
• 1/8 tsp. ginger

Preparation Method

Cream shortening, sugar and then add eggs, molasses and spices. Alternate milk and flour, stirring into a stiff enough dough to handle with your hand. In your hand, form about 1/2 cup of dough and press into an 8 or 9 inch greased cake pan, as thin as possible. Bake at about 400 or 450 degrees until golden brown. Dump out on cloth until cooled and stack, putting a fruit filling or jelly of your choice between each layer and over the outer part. My choice filling is apple butter mixed with applesauce or applesauce spiced with sugar and cinnamon. Try to make at least 9 or 10 layers to a stack.

This recipe was handed down from the 1850's.