Gingerbread

Name: Gingerbread
Yield: 12 portions
Ingredients: 1⅔ cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra for flouring the pan; Butter, for greasing the pan; 1½ teaspoons ground ginger; ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1½ teaspoons baking soda; 1 egg, lightly beaten; ½ cup sugar; ¾ teaspoon salt; ½ cup vegetable oil; Lemon Glaze; ½ cup molasses; ½ cup boiling water

Preparation info

12
portions

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Silver Palate Cookbook

By Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins

Published 1982

About

Warmly aromatic and inviting yet not too sweet, gingerbread just might have inspired the term “comfort food.”

Ingredients

Butter, for greasing the pan
1⅔ cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra for flouring the pan
1½ teaspoons

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch square baking pan.
Sift the dry ingredients together into a mixing bowl. Add the egg, sugar, and molasses. Mix well.
Pour the boiling water and the oil over the mixture. Stir thoroughly unt