Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

13 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 11.25 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2 1/2 cups)
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 large egg
  • 2/3 cup molasses
  • 1 (4-ounce) container unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 cup nonfat buttermilk
  • Cooking spray

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. 2
    Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through cloves) in a bowl, stirring well.
  3. 3
    Combine sugar, oil, and egg in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until combined. Stir in molasses and applesauce.
  4. 4
    Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to egg mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon batter into a 9-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  5. 5
    Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Cut into squares.

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