Whole Wheat Gingerbread

Name: Whole Wheat Gingerbread
Yield: Makes 10 servings
Ingredients: ½ c. butter or regular margarine; 1 c. stirred whole wheat flour; 1 c. sifted flour; ¾ c. light molasses; 2 tblsp. sugar; ½ tsp. salt; ¾ tsp. baking soda; 1 tsp. ground ginger; ½ tsp. ground cinnamon; ½ tsp. ground mace or nutmeg; ½ c. chopped walnuts; ½ c. raisins; 3 tblsp. minced candied lemon peel; 2 eggs; ½ c. milk

Preparation info

Makes
10
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

It’s spicy, not too sweet and contains nuts, raisins and candied lemon peel

Ingredients

½ c. butter or regular margarine
2 tblsp. sugar
¾

Dessert
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add sugar and molasses; stir to blend.
Sift together the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl (include chaff from whole wheat flour). Stir in nuts, raisins and lemon peel.
Beat eggs and milk together and add to dry ingredients along with molasses mixture. Stir to moisten. Then beat mixture with a wooden spoon for about 70