Hot Water Gingerbread
A dish that gets its character from molasses and flour.
contains glutencontains dairy
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 1 cup molasses
- ½ cup boiling water
- 2¼ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1½ teaspoons ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
Make it lactose-friendly
- 4 tablespoons melted butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
Steps
- Add water to molasses. Mix and sift dry ingredients, combine mixtures, add butter, and beat vigorously. Pour into a buttered shallow pan, and bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Chicken fat dried out and clarified furnishes an excellent shortening, and may be used in place of butter.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 482 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 5.9 g |
| Fat | 9.8 g |
| Carbs | 93.4 g |
| Fiber | 1.5 g |
| Sodium | 263 mg |
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States