Gingerbread Loaf Recipe

I got this recipe in January and tried it out right away. We are sort of getting into the old ruts but I decided that I was going to try this one as soon as I saw it so I printed it out right away.  I added it to my weekend to do list and I actually got it done.  Of course I totally didn't post any of the pictures to share with you.  Now I am inside and trying to get caught up on all of the things on my to do list and I decided that even though the weather is getting warmer, it is about time that I shared this amazing gingerbread and it made me want to make it again.  Check out the original recipe here.

I got out all of the ingredients that we needed which are all pantry staple ingredients for us.

I measured to put the molasses in the bowl.

I put the molasses and the butter in the bowl. 

I added hot water which melted down the butter.

It was super easy to mix together after everything melted.

I got the butter fully melted and it was so fragrant and nicely thinned out so it wouldn't be so sticky to pour into the dry ingredients.

 

I mixed the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl.  Of course I used the one on the mixer but then looked back and realized that I totally didn't need a mixer for this recipe because the liquid ingredients were all smooth so this was easy to mix together.

Since I already had it in the blender, I figured that I would use it.  I added the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mixed.

It mixed up to look like a bread already and smelled even more amazing.

I put it in the greased bread pan ready to bake.

Did I mention how great it smelled?  I might have cut into it before I actually took a picture.  Oops!!  It turned out really dark brown and made the house smell amazing.

The best part is that I really wanted to have gingerbread and this was wonderful rich option.

My husband said that he kept looking at it and thinking that it was chocolate cake so he wasn't as excited about it because it obviously didn't taste like chocolate cake.  It tasted like yummy gingerbread and I can't wait to make it again.

Classic Gingerbread Loaf 

Ingredients 2/3 Cup Boiling Water 2/3 Cup Molasses 1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter 1 Large Egg 1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour 1/2 Tsp Salt 2 Tsp Ground Ginger 1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon 1/4 Tsp Ground Cloves 1 Tsp Baking Soda

Instructions : 

Preheat oven to 350° and grease loaf pan.  Combine wet ingredients in one bowl, add molasses and butter. Add boiling water and stir until butter melts and all is combined. Put boiling water in measuring cup used to add molasses to clean the cup and get every last drop of molasses. Allow to cool while combining dry ingredients.  Combine dry ingredients in another bowl, combine flour, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and baking soda. Whisk until combined. 

When bowl of wet ingredients is cool to the touch, whisk in egg. Pour wet ingredients into bowl of dry ingredients. Stir to make batter.  Pour batter into greased pan. Bake for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out dry.