Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

          

This is everyone’s holiday favorite, even the busy cook’s, because it is so easy to make.

Original recipe makes 1 9-inch square cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot water

  • PREP

    25 mins

  • COOK

    1 hr

  • READY IN

    1 hr 45 mins

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses.
  3. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.
  4. Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 375 kcal
Carbohydrates: 65.3 g
Cholesterol: 51 mg
Fat: 11.2 g
Fiber: 1.1 g
Protein: 4.4 g
Sodium: 435 mg

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