Gingerbread

You’ll Need

• ½ cup molasses
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup hot water
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons grated gingerroot
• 1 egg, beaten

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 300.
• Grease a 9 inch square pan
• In a saucepan over low heat, heat the molasses, sugar and butter. Mix in the hot water and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Stir in the gingerroot and the egg.
• Mix the molasses mixture with the flour mixture and pour into greased pan.
• Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.