The Ultimate Gingerbread Recipe

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The Ultimate Gingerbread
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
319
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp ground ginger - taste your ginger first - if it is very hot - reduce to 1 t
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3 tsp. molasses
  • 1 box - (4 oz) and this is crucial to your success - ginger people organic crystalized ginger, chopped fine or coarse - your preference - this ginger is moist and chewy not dried out and hard. it comes in little cubes and is divine - i believe the ginger they use is baby ginger - the young stuff that has not had a chance to get stringy at all - any good health food store should have it
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • garnish - which it really doesn'tsp need unless you're getting all fancy

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and ground ginger together , cut in butter.
  3. Set aside 1/4 cup of the crumble mixture for topping.
  4. Add beaten eggs to the rest of the mixture. Set aside 2 T of the chopped ginger for garnish and put the remainder into the mixture along with the molasses.
  5. In a cup stir together the milk and the salt. Add the lemon juice and stir. Let sit a minute the dissolve the baking soda in the milk and quickly add to the flour mixture.
  6. Mix well until a very nice batter consistency emerges. Pour into greased 9 pan. I grease mine with ghee instead of butter to prevent burning.
  7. Sprinkle with reserved topping and if you will not be using the garnish of whipping cream - also the reserved ginger. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes till wooden skewer comes out relatively clean.
  8. Serve warm with whipped cream or just scarf down plain.
  9. I highly recommend serving it with plain steamed milk, a latte or a chai latte.
  10. As this cake bakes your kitchen will fill with a constantly changing aroma - buttery, cinnamon, ginger - I was amazed how many different scents wafted up from this relatively simple cake.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 318.99 Kcal (1336 kJ)
Calories from fat 157.7 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.52g 27%
Cholesterol 88.85mg 30%
Sodium 489.08mg 20%
Potassium 166.8mg 4%
Total Carbs 35.84g 12%
Sugars 16.93g 68%
Dietary Fiber 0.88g 4%
Protein 5.17g 10%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 0.7mg 4%
Calcium 82mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 279.4 Kcal (1170 kJ)
Calories from fat 138.13 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.35g 27%
Cholesterol 77.82mg 30%
Sodium 428.38mg 20%
Potassium 146.1mg 4%
Total Carbs 31.39g 12%
Sugars 14.82g 68%
Dietary Fiber 0.77g 4%
Protein 4.53g 10%
Vitamin C 0.6mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 0.7mg 4%
Calcium 71.8mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.7
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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