Name: Old Fashioned Gingerbread
Yield: 9
Ingredients: ½ cup sugar; ½ cup butter; 1 Nature's Yoke Duck egg; 1 cup blackstrap molasses; 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 ½ tsp baking soda; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp ginger; ½ tsp cloves; ½ tsp salt; 1 ¼ cups hot water

Old Fashioned Gingerbread

AuthorDawn NoltCategoryCakes & FrostingsTags#cake, #gingerbreadDifficultyBeginnerRating

Old Fashioned Gingerbread is a delightful holiday favorite! Serve it with vanilla ice cream; toast a slice in the toaster and drizzle with caramel sauce topped with a scoop of ice cream; or, frost with cream cheese frosting. Any way you serve it you will love it!

Yields9 Servings

½ cup sugar

½ cup butter

1 Nature's Yoke Duck egg

1 cup blackstrap molasses

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 ½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

½ tsp cloves

½ tsp salt

1 ¼ cups hot water

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.

In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.

Bake 1 hour in preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving.

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