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finished square of old fashioned gingerbread.
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Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Moist and perfectly spiced, this gingerbread comes together fast and will make your whole home smell like the holidays.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas, gingerbread, old fashioned gingerbread
Servings: 8
Calories: 314kcal
Author: Katie

Equipment

  • 11x7 or 9x9 baking pan

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting the pan
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 teaspoon cocoa
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup molasses NOT blackstrap
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 large egg

Instructions

  • Prep. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare an 11 by 7-inch baking dish by spraying with nonstick spray.
  • Mix dry ingredients. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and cocoa powder in a medium bowl
    fllour and spices in glass bowl.
  • Mix wet ingredients. Beat the oil, molasses, sugar, milk, and egg in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed.
    wet ingredients mixed in glass bowl.
  • Combine. Add the dry ingredients and mix at medium speed until the batter is smooth, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula to make sure everything is incorporated.
    batter with dry ingredients mixed in.
  • Bake. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the top springs back when touched and the edges have pulled away from the pan, about 40 minutes.
    batter before and after baking.
  • Cool. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for at least 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. You can turn it out and cut the gingerbread into slices or cut squares and serve directly out of the pan

Notes

Vegetable oil tends to make for a moister cake, but you can substitute melted butter.

Nutrition

Calories: 314kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 93mg | Potassium: 558mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 51IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 3mg