Gingerbread

Ingredients 

• 1 cup butter 
• 1 cup brown sugar 
• 4 eggs 
• 1 cup sour cream 
• 1 cup molasses 
• 2 tsp soda
• 1 cup warm water 
• 4 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt 
• 2 tsp yellow ginger 

Directions 

Gingerbread Loaf

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit 
2. Whisk 1 cup of butter until texture is creamy 
3. Mix in brown sugar with the butter 
4. Separate whites and yolks of 4 eggs 
5. Beat both the white and the yolks of eggs until yolks are liquid and whites are frothy 
6. Stir eggs into the brown sugar and butter mixture 
7. Add 2 tsp of soda into warm water until dissolved 
8. Add dissolved mixture in with 1 cup sour cream 
9. Add sour cream mixture to 1 cup molasses 
10. Mix 4 cups of flour with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp yellow ginger
11. Add flour mixture to batter 
12. Whisk all ingredients together until thoroughly mixed  
13. Pour batter into a 9x9 inch baking pan 
14. Bake in oven for thirty minutes at 350 degrees 

Source- Cooking in Old Creole Days 

Prepared by Donald J Treglia 

Louisiana Anthology 

June 8, 2018