Greener’s Favourite Gingerbread
4 oz (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 C sugar
2 eggs
3/4 C boiling water
3/4 C molasses
2 1/2 C flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ginger
dashes of allspice, cloves, and nutmeg
- Preheat your oven to 350 F.
- Butter and flour your loaf or baking pan (loaf pans take longer to bake).
- Cream butter and sugar, beat until light.
- Add eggs, and beat well.
- Add boiling water and molasses, and blend.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, and any other additional spices. Add into the wet batter, and mix until well-combined.
- Transfer into pan, and bake for 45-60 minutes (for bread pan), or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool 5-10 minutes, before turning out onto cooling rack.
