Spicy Gingerbread Squares

Name: Spicy Gingerbread Squares
Yield: Serves 9
Ingredients: ½ c. sugar; 2 c. sifted flour; 1 tsp. baking soda; ½ tsp. salt; 1½ tsp. ground cardamom; 2 tsp. ground ginger; 1 tblsp. grated orange peel; 1 tsp. ground allspice; ½ c. light molasses; 3 eggs; ½ c. melted butter; 1 c. buttermilk

Preparation info

Serves
9

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

A long-keeper. Serve warm or cold with a hot lemon sauce

Ingredients

2 c. sifted flour
½ c. sugar
½ tsp.

Dessert
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

Sift together dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Stir in orange peel.
In a separate bowl, beat eggs until thick, light and foamy. Add molasses in a stream, beating constantly. Gradually beat in buttermilk.
Add half of buttermilk-molasses mixture to dry ingredients. Beat with a spoon until well blended. Add remaining buttermilk-molasses mixture in