Gingerbread from The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets by William Woys Wea

Ingredients

• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 cup unsulfured molasses
• 1 pound unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons ground ginger
• ¾ cup rye flour (see note)
• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 1½ teaspoons grated nutmeg
• 1½ teaspoons ground mace
• 1½ teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon caraway seeds