Skies Surround Us

Gingerbread

Ingredients

  • 1 stick of butter
  • 1/2+ cup of mollasses
  • ~50g of grated ginger (optional?)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 heaping tbsp ground ginger
  • spices (cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, clove, nutmeg, etc.)
  • 1/2 cup milk (I use oat)
  • 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375F
  2. Heat butter & molasses on the stove, set aside to cool
  3. Mix flour & spices in a bowl
  4. Add egg & no-longer-hot butter & molasses to bowl & mix
  5. Warm milk on the stove
  6. Add baking soda & any forgotten spices to milk & then pour into bowl & mix
  7. Poor into 9x9 or 9 inch round pie dish
  8. Bake for ~25 minutes
  9. Important: cool overnight
  • Serve with cream cheese frosting
  • Experiment adding lemon, lime, or orange zest
  • Experiment adding cocoa powder or chocolate chips