Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup white sugar
½ cup butter
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup hot water

Nutrition Info

375.1 calories
carbohydrate: 65.3 g
cholesterol: 47.8 mg
fat: 11.2 g
fiber: 1.1 g
protein: 4.4 g
saturatedFat: 6.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 434.7 mg
sugar: 31.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.

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

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

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

Recipe Yield

1 9-inch square cake

Recipe Note

This is everyone's holiday favorite, even the busy cook's, because it is so easy to make.

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