Does anyone have a good gingerbread recipe for home made please? Iwould love some and be very thankful for some recipes.I just love it this time of the year
Thanks in advance :)

Gingerbread for Dummies or Gingerbread for the Culinarily Challenged[/

In a bowl place 1 cup shortening / margarine (I use light olive oil), 1 cup boiling water and let marg melt.
Add 1 cup packed brown sugar and 1 cup molasses. Mix well.
Add 3 eggs, beaten with a fork.
In a bowl mix together, 1 tsp each of baking powder, baking soda and salt;1 1/2 tsp each of ginger and cinnamon; 1/2 tsp cloves.
Mix dry ingredients into the molasses mixture. Mix well. Pour into a 13 x 9 baking dish, greased and floured. Bake at 325 degrees (if using Pyrex) for 30 - 40 minutes in top third of oven.Check frequently to avoid buring.
Cool and serve with ice cream or whipped cream or by itself.
Enjoy!
This is a moist cake and is so easy to make. you don't even have to use a mixer - just a whisk. It also freezes well.

This recipe is from a neighbor of my mother. It's very good & makes 2 loaves.

Old Fashion Gingerbread

1/2 c softened butter plus 1/2 c liquid shortening
2 eggs
2 c dark molasses
2 c hot tap water
5 c flour
3 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cloves
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour 2 loaf pans.

Sift together last 6 ingredients. Cream first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl. Combine dry with wet & mix gradually, adding hot water. Batter is very loose. Divide between 2 loaf pans & bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until it tests done.

Thanks for these recipes i'm sure i'll enjoy now that our weather is getting colder

Thanks A Millon

I got a small cookbook in a Christmas gift exchange 27 years ago. "Prairie Recipes and Kitchen Antiques" contains "original recipes gathered from pioneer families at Wayside, Kansas, the site of the original Little House on the Prairie book."

It contains Laura Ingalls Wilder's Gingerbread recipe, with this comment:
"When Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up and lived in Mansfield, Missouri with her husband, Almonzo Wilder and their little girl Rose, Laura was famous far and wide for her gingerbread. In 1953 she gave the Horn Book Magazine permission to print her recipe, with wishes for good luck to all who tried it. Here, with the kind permission of the Horn Book, is the recipe for all to enjoy."

I've made this for years. The pan size is not mentioned, but it makes a nice big 9x13 inch cake. Grease the pan. I skip the chocolate frosting suggestion, but serve it with Cool Whip, vanilla ice cream or lemon sauce. A cream cheese frosting would also work with it, but I don't frost and just serve with one of the toppings I mentioned. It's an easy recipe. I usually just mix it up with a wooden spoon.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Gingerbread
1 C brown sugar, blended with
1/2 C lard or other shortening
1 C molasses mixed well with this
2 teaspoons baking soda dissolved in 1 C boiling water. Be sure the cup is full of water after foam is run off into cake mixture; mix well.
3 C flour; add the following spices:
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
Sift all into cake mixture and mix well.
Add lastly, 2 well-beaten eggs.
The mixture should be quite thin. Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes (350 degrees). Raisins or candied frut may be added and a chocolate frosting adds to the goodness.

Thanks