Saturday, December 12, 2009

English Gingerbread Recipe

Delicious. There are certain things I make only at Christmas, so they are always special, never 'everyday.' This is one of those.


English Gingerbread (more like shortbread than cake)


1 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon ground ginger

½ cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces (don't substitute!)

2/3 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

1 tablespoon molasses

1/4 cup sultanas (golden raisins)

2 tablespoons finely diced crystallized ginger


2 teaspoons granulated sugar


Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch round cake pan.


Sift flour with the baking powder and ginger. Put into a bowl and add the pieces of butter, blending until the mixture resembles cornmeal.


Stir the brown sugar, sultanas, molasses and ginger into the above mixture - it will be very short and crumbly - not like dough or batter. Press into the prepared pan and sprinkle with the granulated sugar.


Bake for 40 - 45 minutes, until a knife blade inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool on a rack 10 minutes, then cut into narrow wedges. Transfer wedges to the rack to finish cooling.

1 comment:

*karendianne. said...

This Christmas I wanted to let you know how grateful I am to have met you. Your introduction to L. Trinity (long text w commentary F. Roden) has enhanced my experience and started me on a path I can't really express at this early stage. But please know your time and effort over email was NOT wasted! In gratitude and warmth, *karendianne. Living Life at LeeHaven