Grandma Brown's Gingerbread
Recipe: #735
October 17, 2011
Categories: Breads, Christmas, Oven Bake, Low Cholesterol Low Fat, Low Sodium, Quick Breads, more
"I never got to meet my paternal great-grandmother, but a few years ago I found her gingerbread recipe tucked away in the back of a drawer. Since I remembered my grandmother making it, I decided to make some for my family for Christmas that year. Since then, it has grown into something pretty much everyone I know asks for, and I end up making at least 8 batches every year. I always do the 9-inch round pans, put them on holiday plates from the dollar store, and cover them with holiday Saran wrap when I give them away. If you love old-fashioned, cake gingerbread, then this is definitely for you. I've used whole wheat flour without noticing a difference in taste or texture."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (61.2 g)
- Calories 184.8
- Total Fat - 6.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.3 g
- Cholesterol - 23.1 mg
- Sodium - 173.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.6 g
- Sugars - 18.2 g
- Protein - 2.2 g
- Calcium - 48.6 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Grease well either a 9x13-inch baking pan or two 9-inch round or square pans, then cut a piece of waxed or parchment paper to fit the bottom of the pan and press it down; preheat oven to 350F.
Step 2
Cream shortening and sugar together; in a separate bowl combine dry ingredients.
Step 3
Add molasses and boiling water to the shortening mixture; stir until shortening dissolves.
Step 4
Gradually add dry mixture to liquid, stirring well between each addition.
Step 5
Beat eggs well; add into mixture last.
Step 6
Pour batter into prepared pan(s) and bake at 350F for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (it can take as long as 35 minutes, depending on your oven).
Step 7
Let cool in pan(s) 10 minutes; then invert onto a plate. Remove waxed paper from the bottom and invert again onto a cooling rack.
Step 8
Best when served warm with real whipped cream, but delicious any time.
Tips
No special items needed.