Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Bonus Recipe - Simplified Gingerbread (Comfort Food for Fall)

From sweetlittlebluebird.com

Easy Gingerbread "comfort food" without eggs or milk...most ingredients are in your kitchen, except maybe unsulphured molasses. 

Ingredients
  

DRY INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon + 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

WET INGREDIENTS

  • ¼ cup canola oil (or vegetable oil)
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar (or white vinegar)
  • ¼ cup molasses (unsulphured)
  • 1 cup water

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Spray a 8×8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.

  • In a small bowl or measuring cup, add the water and molasses – stir until completely blended, set aside.

  • In a large bowl, add all the dry ingredients and mix well.

  • Make 3 depressions in the dry ingredients, 2 small, 1 large – add vanilla to a small depression, vinegar in the other small depression, then add the oil to the large depression.

  • Next, pour the water/molasses mixture over top and mix until well blended and the batter is smooth. Do not over mix.

  • Pour batter in prepared baking dish. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for approximately 35 minutes. Check with toothpick to makes sure it comes out clean. *Baking times will vary depending on oven.

  • When ready, remove and allow to cool.

 

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