Mom's Gingerbread
"I am so happy, I just found this recipe again! I've been making the Mennonite gingerbread for years, but I remember Mom's gingerbread as being the perfect comfort food, especially with homemade whipped cream on top. Easy enough for a weeknight treat. Wonderful straight out of the oven, and the next day it will taste even better. Makes a 9 x 9 pan."
Original is 9 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (95.9 g)
- Calories 295.5
- Total Fat - 11.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.9 g
- Cholesterol - 73.4 mg
- Sodium - 348.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 44.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 28.4 g
- Protein - 3.9 g
- Calcium - 102.6 mg
- Iron - 1.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9 x 9 pan, preferably a shiny one.
Step 2
Bring water to a boil and stir in baking soda. Whisk dry ingredients and set aside.
Step 3
In mixer, cream molasses, sugar, shortening and eggs. Add dry ingredients, alternating with boiling water, mixing well.
Step 4
Bake for 35 minutes, or until done.
Tips
No special items needed.