Gingerbread Recipe - Cooking Index
2 1/2 cups | 156g / 5.5oz | All-purpose flour |
1 teaspoon | 5ml | Ground allspice |
1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Freshly-ground black pepper |
1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Powdered ginger |
1 cup | 160g / 5.6oz | Light brown sugar |
1 cup | 237ml | Unsulphered molasses |
2 | Eggs - lightly beaten | |
1 cup | 237ml | Canola or peanut oil |
2 teaspoons | 10ml | Baking soda |
1 cup | 237ml | Boiling water |
1/4 cup | 23g / 0.8oz | Minced peeled fresh ginger |
Sift together first 4 ingredients and set aside. Mix sugar, molasses, eggs and oil. Slowly add dry ingredients. Add baking soda to boiling water, then add to gingerbread mixture. Add fresh ginger and pour into a buttered and floured 9-inch square baking pan.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Serve with a rum creme anglaise, fresh whipped cream, and/or julienned candied ginger, if desired.
This recipe yields 8 servings.
Source:
MELTING POT with Tanya Holland - (Show # MP-1B22) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK
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