Favorite Gingerbread

March 28, 2006 11:05 AM EST

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This is a very delicious moist gingerbread. The recipe came from a old Gold Medal Cookbook from the 1870's.

1/2 cup soft shortening 2 1/4 cups flour

2 tbst. sugar 1 tsp. soda

1 egg 1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup dark molasses 1 tsp. ginger

1 cup boiling water 1 tsp. cinnamon

Heat oven to 325* Grease and flour a square pan, 9x9x1 3/4. Mix the shortening, sugar and egg. Blend in molasses and water. Measure flour and add other dry ingredients: to the flour: blend into the egg mixture. Beat until smooth. Pour into pan. Bake 45 to 50 min. Serves 9.

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jill snyder Mar 28, 2006, 8:39pm EST

this sounds so good...have you ever heard of old fashioned vanilla sauce ffor gingerbread? my grandmother in new york state used to make it and then my mom, and i do sometimes too...its called

sweet gravy or vanilla sauce

1/2 c sugar
2 TBS cornstarch
dash salt
mix and add 2 c boiling water slowly
cook slowly till clear and thick remove fromheat and add
1/4 c butter
2 tsp vanilla

serve warm over warm gingerbread

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Tom C. Mar 28, 2006, 9:50pm EST

Take it from one who has eaten plenty of it, this gingerbread is scrumptious!
Jill, your sauce sounds like a perfect topping for the gingerbread -we will have to try it the next time we have gingerbread.

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