"Sandy's Recipe Room"

ANOTHER RECIPE FROM "SANDY'S RECIPE ROOM"
http://www.wwnet.net/~joejean/reciperoom.

Heirloom Gingerbread (Coffee Cake)
(From the Houston Junior League Cookbook)

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 cup shortening

1 egg, slightly beaten

2 tablespoons sorghum molasses

1 teaspoon baking soda

Scant teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk

Directions

Combine flour, sugar, ginger and cinnamon. Cut in shortening. Reserve 1/4 cup of this mixture for topping.

Add egg to remaining flour mixture; stir in molasses. Dissolve soda and salt in buttermilk; add to molasses mixture and pour into greased 8-inch square pan.

Sprinkle the reserved topping over batter and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Serve hot. (This is a coffee cake-type gingerbread.)

Serves 8

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