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

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