Good Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter (60 ml)

1/4 cup sugar (60 ml)

1 tsp cinnamon (5 ml)

1 tsp ginger (5 ml)

1 tsp cloves (5 ml)

1/4 tsp salt (1 ml)

1 tsp baking powder (5 ml)

1 1/4 cups flour (300 ml)

1/2 tsp baking soda (2 ml)

1/2 cup fancy molasses (2 ml)

1/4 tsp baking soda (1 ml)

3/4 cup boiling water (175 ml)

1 egg, beaten

Instructions:

Cream butter and sugar.

In a separate bowl mix cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt, baking powder and flour.

Beat 1/2 tsp baking soda into molasses until foamy.  Add to butter mixture.

Add the 1/4 tsp of baking soda to the boiling water.
Add this alternately with the dry ingredients to the butter-molasses mixture.

Fold in beaten egg.

The batter will be thin.  Pour into greased loaf pan

Bake 30 minutes at 400 degrees F (200C) or until done.

Serve warm with whipped cream, lemon sauce, or ice cream.

 

Recipe originally from The Best of the Best and More

photo source:  Google images