Gingerbread Loaf Recipe

I know what you’re thinking……it’s kind of early to post a Christmas recipe. We love sharing Christmas recipes, but usually we wait a little bit longer before we completely dive into those comforting Christmas treats. But trust me, we have a good reason to share this Gingerbread Loaf with you today.

I’ll tell you why. It took us a full year to finally perfect this recipe. We put a lot of time and ingredients into making this the perfect gingerbread loaf of bread. Both of us, at times, felt like we needed to just give up on this bread. Like when it’s your fifth loaf of the day, you’ve trashed three already, and as you take the bread out of the oven, the unstable middle sinks right down to make a little dip in your bread. Bye bye, perfect gingerbread loaf. But we both also felt like we couldn’t part with the idea of an actual soft, sliceable “gingerbread”. It was too delicious of an idea to give up on.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time 35 mins

Total Time45 mins

 Ingredients

• 1.5 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup molasses ( I used Grandma's molasses )
• 2/3 cup boiling water
• 1 large egg
• powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour a 9" x 5" loaf pan or line with parchment paper. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk dry ingredients: flour, soda, salt and spices.
4. In another mixing bowl, combine butter, molasses and water. Whisk until butter is melted. Cool until not hot to the touch. Add egg and whisk until well combined.
5. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk until the batter is smooth.
6. Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes OR until the toothpick inserted in few places in the center of the cake comes out clean.
7. Cool completely.
8. Dust with powdered sugar and slice.
   
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