Best Old Fashioned Gingerbread Recipes

FAVORITE OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 by 8-inch cake pan and line with parchment paper. Grease and flour the pan.
• Place the rum and raisins in a small pan, cover and heat until the rum boils. Turn off the heat and set aside. Place the butter and molasses in another small pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour the mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cool for 5 minutes, then mix in the sour cream and orange zest.
• Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a small bowl. Mix with your hands until combined. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture and mix only until smooth. Drain the raisins and add them and crystallized ginger to the mixture with a spatula. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
• When the cake has cooled, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice and pour it onto the gingerbread, allowing it to drip down the sides. Allow the glaze to set. Cut the gingerbread into 9 squares.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 13x9-inch baking dish with baking spray. Combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
• Combine sugar, oil and eggs in large bowl; mix well. Gradually pour molasses into sugar mixture; stir until well blended. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk to sugar mixture; beat well. Spread batter evenly in prepared baking dish.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before serving. Cut into 12 pieces. Dust with confectioners' sugar and garnish with Reddi-wip.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD WITH MOLASSES WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 9x9x2-inch metal baking pan. Using electric mixer, beat 1 cup sugar and butter in large bowl until blended. Beat in 3/4 cup molasses, then eggs 1 at a time. Sift in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt; beat until blended. Beat in 1/4 cup cream, then 3/4 cup boiling water. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack.
• Beat 1 1/4 cups cream and 1 tablespoon sugar in medium bowl until peaks form. Fold in 2 tablespoons molasses just until streaks appear (do not overmix). Cut cake into slices; transfer to plates. Serve with molasses whipped cream.

FAVORITE OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• 1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan. 2.In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses. 3.In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan. 4.Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, spices, and salt into a bowl.
• Beat together butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at moderately high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in molasses. (Batter may look separated.) Mix in flour mixture at low speed, then water, mixing until batter is smooth, about 1 minute.
• Pour batter into a buttered 9-inch square metal baking pan (2 inches deep). Bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack, about 20 minutes, then serve warm.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cream together butter and sugar, then beat in molasses and egg.
• Mix all dry ingredients together in a separate bowl.
• Add the dry ingredients to the creamed butter/sugar mixture and mix until well blended.
• Cover and refrigerate for one hour.
• Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to about a 3/4-inch thickness.
• Cut into 3-inch squares, or use your choice of cookie cutters to cut out shapes.
• Place on cookie sheets and bake 7-8 minutes.
• Transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• If you plan to ice your gingerbread, prepare the icing now.
• Mix all icing ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth.

OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Greased and flour one 9 inch square pan.
• 2. Cream together the brown sugar, oil and applesauce. Add egg, and beat well. Mix in the molasses.
• 3. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and clove. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture; add the hot water, and mix well.
• 4. Pour batter into pan and bake for 45 minutes. Allow to cool in pan and serve cold. This tastes much better cold than warm. If you tastes this while its warm the gingerbread flavor is just too intense!
• 5. ***Optional - Top with the spiced drizzle when the gingerbread is completely cooled.

OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Line a loaf tin with baking paper.
• In a medium saucepan, gently melt the butter and golden syrup together.
• In a mixer cream together egg, and sugar - mix well.
• Add the melted syrup mixture.
• Sift and mix in all other ingredients except the baking soda and milk.
• Mix the baking soda with the milk then gradually stir this into the mix. The mixture will be quite runny.
• Pour into loaf tin and cook for about 35 mins or until ready when tested with skewer.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350°F Butter an 8x8-inch cake pan. Sift together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter until light and creamy. Add the sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat until well combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and pour in the molasses in a slow, steady stream, beating all the while. Add half of the sifted dry ingredients and mix just until well combined. Mix in the remaining dry ingredients. Slowly pour in the cold water and stir until well incorporated.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minute Let cool in the pan about 1 hour before serving.
• Beat the cream until thickened. Slowly pour in the syrup and continue beating until the cream holds soft peaks. Cut the cake into squares; serve with the whipped cream.

OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease or spray an 8" or 9" square pan that is at least 2" deep.
• 2. This can be mixed right in the pan. Measure all the dry ingredients into the prepared pan. Make 3 wells in the flour, and put the vanilla, vinegar, and oil into the 3 wells. Pour the cup of water over all and stir together with a fork until well blended.
• 3. Here is how I prefer to do it: Whisk the dry ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl. Whisk the liquid ingredients together in a small mixing bowl. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until well combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• 4. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. I think mine was done at 33 minutes. Cool in pan. May be iced with the following glaze:
• 5. Orange Glaze: Whisk a dash of salt into 2 tablespoons orange juice. Add up to 2 (or so) cups of powdered sugar until thick glaze consistency is reached. Spread on cake and allow to cool before cutting into squares.

OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time. Add sour cream and molasses. Add all dry ingredients For lemon sauce: Add all ingredients above a double boiler except butter. Thicken sauce. Add butter once removed from stove.