Heirloom Gingerbread
15
Servings
Servings
30m PT30M
Prep Time
Prep Time
50m PT50M
Cook Time
Cook Time
1h 20m
Ready In
Ready In
"This recipe came from my dear family friend, Elsie Bates Freund. It is good served warm or cold and freezes well."
Original recipe yields 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 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 & Variations
No special items needed.