Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

 "This is everyone's holiday favorite, even the busy cook's, because it is so easy to make."

Ingredients 
Original recipe makes 1 9-inch square cake

•  1/2 cup white sugar
•  1/2 cup butter
•  1 egg 
•  1 cup molasses 
•  2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 
•  1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 
•  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
•  1 teaspoon ground ginger
•  1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
•  1/2 teaspoon salt 
•  1 cup hot water 

Directions 

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.

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