Old Fashioned Ginger Bread

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 large c. sugar
• 1/2 c. shortening
• 1/2 c. baking molasses
• 1 tsp. soda (in a little hot water)
• 2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ginger
• 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 c. boiling water