Tis the gingerbread season in our household! To be honest I even served gingerbread skeleton men at my Halloween party last year. Late Fall and Winter are traditional times to serve these baked goods, flavored with yummy ginger and rich molasses. And you can tell this by seeing Starbucks has officially started selling their Gingerbread latte!
This recipe is soft, flavorful, and... just hard to eat one slice! You can make one large loaf, or three mini loaves so you can share the wealth with friends. But why would you do that?
Gingerbread loaf
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 stick salted butter, room temp
1 egg
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup molasses
1 Tablespoon crystallized ginger
1/2 cup water
top with my easy glaze
Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves with a whisk in a medium bowl. Set aside.
Cream together the butter, egg, brown sugar, crystallized ginger and molasses on a low speed until combined. There will be a few butter lumps, but make sure they are small.
Add the flour mixture by hand to the liquid ingredients, a little at a time. Fold carefully until the flour is mixed in. Try not to over-mix, this will make your loaf tough. At this point you will have a very firm dough. Add the water and carefully stir until just combined. Pour into a greased loaf pan, or three small mini loaf pans.
Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely for 30 minutes on a rack before icing. And you know it needs icing. Drizzle across the loaf when cool, and set aside to dry before serving.
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Comments
This sounds divine! I may make this for Savannah to take to school for snack! Thanks for this!
I'm going to try this - I give out gingerbread loaves every Christmas.
I've never made gingerbread. I'm excited to give this a try!
yummy!
Looks delish!
I adore gingerbread-- I'll be making your recipe this weekend!
Looks beautiful and delicious!
anyone made it and can tell results? I made another recipe I found, it was nice in the oven but when i took it out, it deflated almost completely. When it was cool to eat, it was a all raw inside, the flavor was great but was horrible to eat... :(
Was willing to know if anyone made this and had good results! thanks
I'm sorry you had such a bad experience with this recipe! When you creamed the butter together, did you melt it in the microwave? Sometimes if you melt the butter it literally cooks it, changing it in the recipe. Maybe try again and cream the butter together at room temp. Please let me know how it works out if you try it again!
Thanks, I think perhaps it was cooked yes. I will try... Also.. your oven is set to its very minmum? I think that perhaps mine was too low so it didn't get to cook correctly, still the exterior was turning dark brown already, like the photo's.
So I think there must be different strengths of molasses. We were so excited to try this recipe, but the cup of molasses overpowered everything else, and the loaves ended up in the trash.
You may have used Blackstrap Molasses, which is VERY strong and almost bitter. Try regular dark molasses next time!
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