Gingerbread
- Preparation time: 15 minutes
- Baking time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
For Single recipe
(serves 4 to 6)
- 1 greased 9x9x2-inch square pan
Ingredients To Be Creamed:
- ½ cup butter, softened (1 stick)
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
Moist Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup molasses (see Comments section below)
Dry Ingredients:
- 2⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Boiling Water:
Topping:
Ingredients
For Double recipe
(serves 8 to 12)
- 1 greased 13x9x2-inch oblong pan
Ingredients To Be Creamed:
- 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
Moist Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups molasses (see Comments section below)
Dry Ingredients:
- 4⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
Boiling Water:
Topping:
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325°.
- Grease pan and set aside.
- Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg(s) and vanilla and beat until just incorporated. Scrape sides of bowl as needed.
- Add molasses and beat in.
- Add dry ingredients. Beat in with mixer on low speed. Once the dry ingredients have been incorporated, turn mixer up to medium speed and beat for one minute.
- Add boiling water.
- Mix in very gently on lowest setting until incorporated then turn mixer up to medium and beat for 30 seconds.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Serve with optional Whipped cream.
Comments
Let's talk about molasses. There are three basic types of molasses sold in stores: light, dark and blackstrap. Light molasses is delicate and sweet. Dark molasses is full and robust in flavor. Blackstrap is ultra-dark, thick and has a slight bitterness to it's flavor.What type of molasses do I like to use for my recipes? Blackstrap! It has a unique rich flavor that is less sweet than mild or dark molasses. If I can't find blackstrap molasses I will reach for dark molasses.
This is a very moist, dense gingerbread with a nice mix of spices.
Gingerbread is great served warm with whipped cream. The ultimate comfort dessert on a chilly fall day.