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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
[[Image:Gingerbread.jpg|thumb|300px|Gingerbread]]
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Gingerbread <ref>{{cite book|last=Benoit|first=Madame |title=Cooks at Home |year=1987|publisher=Les Éditions Héritage Inc.|isbn=2762558972|pages=217-218}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Gingerbread-Cake |title=Taste of Home |year=2002|pages=41|publisher=Taste of Home|work=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Crocker|first=Betty |title=Betty Crocker's Cookbook New and Revised Edition |year=1979|publisher=Golden Press/New York Western Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=78-52003|pages=257}}</ref> is normally in the form of a cake or cookie dessert.
This sweet [[dates]] back to the Middle Ages, when fair ladies presented the rather hard, honey-spice bread as a favor to dashing knights going into tournament battle. In those days, gingerbread was intricately shaped and decorated, sometimes with gold leaf. Today, gingerbread generally refers to one of two desserts. It can be a dense, ginger-spiced cookie flavored with [[molasses]] or honey and cut into fanciful shapes (such as the popular gingerbread man). Or, particularly in the United States, it can describe a dark, moist cake flavored with [[molasses]], [[ginger]] and other spices. This gingerbread cake is usually baked in a square pan and often topped with [[lemon]] sauce or [[whipped cream]].
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== Ingredients ==
 
== Ingredients ==
* 250 g [[treacle]] or [[honey]]
 
* 50 g [[butter]]
 
* 100 g [[granulated sugar|sugar]]
 
* 400 – 500 g [[flour]]
 
* [[salt]] (according to your taste)
 
* 2 tsp gingerbread spices ([[cinnamon]], [[clove]], [[cardamom]], [[ginger]], and [[nutmeg]])
 
* 1 [[egg]]
 
* 2 tsp [[baking powder]]
 
  
== Directions ==
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* 1/3 cup shortening
# Cook the [[treacle]], [[granulated sugar|sugar]], and [[butter]] to boil, while stirring constantly.
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* 1/2 cup sugar
# Add the gingerbread spices and cool it by beating.
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* 1 egg
# Add whisked [[egg]] and [[flour]] mixed with [[baking powder]].
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* 3/4 cup water
# Knead the mixture into solid dough.
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* 1/2 cup molasses
# Keep it in a cool place.
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* 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
# Roll the dough.
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* 1 teaspoon ground ginger
# Butter the baking sheet, mould cakes and put them on the sheet.
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* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
# Bake it in pre-heated oven.
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* 1/4 teaspoon salt
# Serving: decorate after cooling if you wish.
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* Whipped topping
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== Procedures ==
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Combine cream shortening and sugar, beat in egg. Then add in the water and molasses. Finally add the flour, ginger, baking soda and salt; beat well after each addition. Smooth into a greased 8" square (traditional) baking pan. Slide into a 350 degree F oven for ~30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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(optional) To serve with a whipped cream topping.
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 16 July 2012

Description

Gingerbread [1][2][3] is normally in the form of a cake or cookie dessert.


Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Whipped topping


Procedures

Combine cream shortening and sugar, beat in egg. Then add in the water and molasses. Finally add the flour, ginger, baking soda and salt; beat well after each addition. Smooth into a greased 8" square (traditional) baking pan. Slide into a 350 degree F oven for ~30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. (optional) To serve with a whipped cream topping.


References

  1. Benoit, Madame (1987). Cooks at Home. Les Éditions Héritage Inc.. pp. 217-218. ISBN 2762558972. 
  2. Taste of Home. Taste of Home. 2002. pp. 41. http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Gingerbread-Cake. 
  3. Crocker, Betty (1979). Betty Crocker's Cookbook New and Revised Edition. Golden Press/New York Western Publishing Company, Inc.. pp. 257. ISBN 78-52003.