Taste an original! It’s classic gingerbread--sweet, aromatic and moist--just like you remember it.
Old-Fashioned Gingerbread
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 1 hr 5 min
- Servings 9
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 2 1/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- Butterscotch Sauce, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour bottom and sides of square pan, 9x9x2 inches.
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Step2Beat all ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
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Step3Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or cool.
Nutrition
350
Calories
12 g
Total Fat
4 g
Protein
58 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 350
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12 g
- Saturated Fat
- 3 g
- Cholesterol
- 25 mg
- Sodium
- 360 mg
- Potassium
- 580 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 58 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Protein
- 4 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 18%
- 18%
Exchanges:
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