Name: Favorite Old-Fashioned Gingerbread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup; White sugar - ½ cup; Egg - 1 large; Molasses (not blackstrap) - 1 cup; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Baking soda - 1 ½ teaspoons; Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon; Ground ginger - 1 teaspoon; Ground cloves - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Hot water - 1 cup

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Cooking:

10 min.

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Ingredients for - Favorite Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

1. Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup

2. White sugar - ½ cup

3. Egg - 1 large

4. Molasses (not blackstrap) - 1 cup

5. All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups

6. Baking soda - 1 ½ teaspoons

7. Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon

8. Ground ginger - 1 teaspoon

9. Ground cloves - ½ teaspoon

10. Salt - ½ teaspoon

11. Hot water - 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Favorite Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

1. Stage

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

2. Stage

Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

3. Stage

Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in egg, then mix in molasses until smooth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4. Stage

Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt into a large bowl. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

5. Stage

Gradually add dry ingredients to the molasses mixture, mixing after each addition until incorporated. Mix in water until smooth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

6. Stage

Pour cake batter into the prepared pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

7. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Insert a toothpick in the center of the cake; it should come out clean. If it does, remove cake from the oven; if not, bake 15 to 30 more minutes, checking often for doneness. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

8. Stage

Allow gingerbread to cool in the pan before serving. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS