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Gingerbread Loaf

Gingerbread Loaf

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Author Julie from Taste of Lizzy T's

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1½ teaspoons ginger
  • ¾ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ cup molasses
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a mixing bowl, thoroughly stir together the flour, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the sugar, molasses, butter, eggs and vanilla until well mixed.
  4. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternately with the buttermilk, stirring just until blended after each addition.
  5. Spoon the batter into a greased 9x5 inch loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes.
  6. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
  7. Remove from the pan and cool.
  8. *In place of buttermilk, you place one tablespoon of vinegar in the bottom of a 1 cup measuring cup. Fill the rest of the cup with milk. Allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes before using.