Grandma's Gingerbread
Submitted by: jej
Last Updated: 11/29/2006
• This recipe comes from the Grandma's Molasses bottle.
• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1 c. Grandma's molasses
• 1 egg
• 2 1/4 c. flour
• 1/2 t. salt
• 2 t. baking powder
• 1 t. soda
• 2 t. ginger
• 2 t. cinnamon
• 1/2 t. gr. cloves
• 1 c. boiling water.
• Heat oven to 350 F. Beat butter with sugar and molasses. Mix in egg. Sift (whisk) dry ingredients and add to wet mixture, alternately with water, until JUST COMBINED. Bake in greased 9-in. sq. pan 40 minutes. Cool.