Marge's Gingerbread

Chicory&Spice's Note:

My Mom taught me to make this gingerbread when I was about 5 and starting to bake; she almost always made fresh french bread on the weekends and Dad made the best fried green tomatoes :our grocer in Milan got them in from the countryside for him.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• ½ cup butter
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup dark molasses
• 1 ¾ cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ cup milk

Directions:

1. in a large mixing bowl cream together butter & sugar.
2. add egg & beat well.
3. add dark molasses.
4. in a separate bowl sift together all dry ingredients.
5. add alternately with milk to creamed mixture blending well.
6. pour into greased 8" x 8" x 2" pan or in round 9" or in muffin pan.
7. bake in moderate oven 350 for 45 minutes [test by inserting a raw spaghetti: it has to come out dry].
8. cool in pan 10 minutes, move to cooling rack to finish cooling.