Marge's Gingerbread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 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

Recipe

• 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.