gingerbread
Until last year, I had only made gingerbread from the box mix. I decided to try and find a recipe to make from scratch. I failed to make a note of where I got this recipe, but it is really, really good! It has a light texture, rich brown color and has just the right blend of spices to get that great homemade taste. I made this today to send to my Mom for Mother's Day along with some other goodies I know she'll enjoy.
prep time
30 Min
cook time
35 Min
method
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yield
16 sqaures
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening, i used crisco
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup molasses
- 2 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
How To Make gingerbread
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Step 2Grease and flour an 8" square pan. (I use parchment paper to line the pan.)
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Step 3Cream together the first four ingredients, adding them one ingredient at a time, creaming in between each addition.
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Step 4Continue creaming the liquid ingredients and start adding the dry ingredients alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with your dry ingredients.
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Step 5Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. In the photo, along the edges, it looks burned. The edges aren't burned, that's just the rich brown color of this gingerbread.
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