Friday, June 17, 2011

Grandma's Gingerbread

The smell 0f gingerbread throughout the house is amaxing !

1-1/2 cups   flour

1 cup           sugar

1/2 tsp.       ground ginger

1 tsp.           cinnamon

1/2 cup       shortening

1                 egg, slightly beaten

2 tbsp.        sorghum molasses

1 tsp.           baking soda

1 tsp.           (scant) salt

1 cup           buttermilk

       Heat oven to 350*.  Combine flour, sugar, ginger and cinnamon.  Cut in

shortening.  Reserve 1/4 cup of this mixture for topping.  Add egg to remaining

flour mixture; stir in molasses.  Dissolve soda and salt in buttermilk; add to

molasses mixture and pour into greased 8x8" pan.  Sprinkle reserved topping

over batter.  Bake about 30 minutes.  Serve hot.

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