Marge's Gingerbread

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.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 8-12

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  egg
• 1⁄2 cup dark molasses
• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 1  tablespoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 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.