Gingerbread from Home
Instructions:
Real home-style gingerbread—perfect for holiday snacks!
½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
⅓ cup butter
½ cup light molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
1¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
1 large egg
½ cup boiling water
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Grease and flour an 8” square baking pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together brown sugar and butter. Mix in baking soda and molasses.
- Add flour, cinnamon, and ginger. Mix well.
- Add in egg.
- Add boiling water. Mix well.
- Pour batter into prepared pan; smooth top.
- Bake gingerbread until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, approximately 40 minutes.