Heirloom Gingerbread
"This recipe came from my dear family friend, Elsie Bates Freund. It is good served warm or cold and freezes well."
Original is 15 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (103.6 g)
- Calories 328.2
- Total Fat - 9.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.2 g
- Cholesterol - 62.1 mg
- Sodium - 146.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 52.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.3 g
- Sugars - 17.3 g
- Protein - 7.3 g
- Calcium - 44.9 mg
- Iron - 1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine the first 4 ingredients.
Step 2
Cut in the shortening and reserve ¼ of the mixture for the topping.
Step 3
Add egg to remaining mix and stir in molasses.
Step 4
Dissolve soda and salt in buttermilk and add to molasses mix.
Step 5
Pour into greased 8"x8" pan and put reserved mix evenly on top.
Step 6
Bake at 350'F. about 40-50 minutes.
Step 7
Serve warm.
Tips
No special items needed.