GINGERBREAD Recipe

  Bread

Ingredients:
1/2 CUP BUTTER, ROOM TEMP
1/2 CUP SUGAR
1 EGG, BEATEN
2 1/2 CUP FLOUR - SIFTED
1 1/2 tsp. BAKING SODA
1/2 tsp. SALT
1 tsp. GROUND GINGER
1 tsp. GROUND CINNAMON
1/2 tsp. GROUND CLOVES
1 CUP UNSULPHERED BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES
1 CUP HOT WATER

Directions:
PREHEAT OVEN TO 350. GREASE AND FLOUR OR LINE WITH BUTTERED PARCHMENT PAPER A 9x9x2 BAKING PAN.
CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR. ADD BEATEN EGG. MEASURE AND SIFT TOGETHER DRY INGREDIANTS. COMBINE MOLASSES AND HOT WATER. ADD DRY INGREDIANTS ALTERNATELY WITH LIQUID - A SMALL AMOUNT AT A TIME, AND BEAT WELL AFTER EACH ADDITION - UNTIL ALL IS COMBINED AND BATTER IS SMOOTH. BAKE FOR 45 MINUTES.
MY MOTHER ALWAYS AT THIS WITH A GLASS OF BUTTERMILK, NOT BEING A FAN OF BUTTERMILK, I HAVE ALWAYS SERVED IT WITH FRESH WHIPPED CREAM OR VANILLA ICE CREAM.

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