Recipe: Delicious Gingerbread

Gingerbread. This gingerbread, handsdown, is the best I've ever tasted. I remember that the kitchen smelled like heaven when Grandmother baked her gingerbread. The only thing better was when she took it out of the oven and served it with a generous topping of fresh whipped cream! —Ellouise Halstead, Union Grove, Wisconsin Nothing makes a house smell more like Christmas than the sweet and spicy aroma of a freshly baked pan of gingerbread.

The practice of baking and sharing gingerbread originated in Europe several hundred. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool right in the pan. Old-fashioned gingerbread is the perfect treat to keep on hand during the holidays. You can cook Gingerbread using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Gingerbread

1. Prepare 1 1/3 cup of flour.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of firmly packed light brown sugar.
3. You need 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
5. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
6. You need 3/4 tsp of cinnamon.
7. It's 1/2 tsp of ginger.
8. You need 1/2 cup of shortening, margarine or butter.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of boiling water.
10. It's 1/2 cup of molasses.
11. Prepare 1 of egg, slightly beaten.

There are many variations: from the darkest, densest cakes made with robust molasses and stout beer to the lightest, most delicate cakes flavored only with brown sugar and a hint of ground ginger. Gingerbread Recipes Nothing screams the holiday season quite like a warm, spicy gingerbread. Check out our recipes for the wintery classic, from an over-the-top gingerbread house to cupcakes with. In a large bowl beat together the shortening and half of the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Gingerbread instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F..
2. Grease bottom only of 9" round pan or spray muffin tin with pan spray.
3. In large bowl combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ginger; mix well..
4. Add remaining ingredients; blend well. Pour into greased pan, or fill muffin tins 2/3 full..
5. Bake at 350°F for 25-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean..

Add the sugar, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, egg and vinegar and blend thoroughly. Bake a batch of festive gingerbread biscuits to give as gifts, hang on the tree or devour straight away. Kids will love decorating our easy cookies and ornate gingerbread houses. We are Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families. We provide expert advice and practical support for single mums and dads in England and Wales.