Loaf of Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1 cup of butter 
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup of sour cream 
• 1 cup molasses
• 2 teaspoons of baking soda
• Warm water 
• 4 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon of sat
• 1 teaspoon of yellow ginger

Directions

1. Beat cup of butter until creamy in a mixing bowl
2. Add cup of brown sugar to butter and beat until properly mixed
3. Separate whites of the eggs from the yolks for all four eggs
4. Beat whites and yolks separately in mixing bowls; beat whites until foamy
5. Add eggs to butter and brown sugar mix; stir them together until mixed
6. Dissolve 2 teaspoons of baking in small amount of warm water; add it to cup of sour cream and mix them together
7. Add sour cream and dissolved baking soda mix to cup of molasses
8. Add sour cream and molasses mix to the brown sugar, egg, and butter mix
9. Add 4 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of yellow ginger; stir until mixed
10. Be sure to stir the batter quickly and lightly
11. Bake the batter for 30 minutes at a medium heat

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.

Prepared by Brooke Warren
Louisiana Anthology

June 3, 2018