Marie's Gingerbread
Created by Marion_in_Savannah on October 19, 2011
- Servings: 6-9
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 60m
- Recipe #910
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 21/2 cups flour
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 cup hot water
- 11/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to Make
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Step 1: Cream butter and sugar together.
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Step 2: Add beaten egg.
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Step 3: Sift dry ingredients together.
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Step 4: Mix the molasses and hot water.
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Step 5: Add the wet and dry ingredients to the butter and sugar alternately, in about 3 or 4 additions, and beat well.
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Step 6: Bake in an 8 or 9 inch square pan in a moderate oven (350° – 375°F) oven for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a broom straw (remember those?!) or a toothpick comes out clean.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (298.7 g)
- Calories 955.2
- Total Fat - 29.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.9 g
- Cholesterol - 29.6 mg
- Sodium - 1515 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 113.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 24.9 g
- Sugars - 74.9 g
- Protein - 71.1 g
- Calcium - 568.9 mg
- Iron - 15.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 1.7 mg