Desserts: Gingerbread

By JoFClark

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 t soda
• 1 t cinnamon
• 1 t ginger
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 cup light molasses
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 cup water
• Lemon sauce
• 1/4-1/2 cup sugar
• 1 T cornstarch
• 1 cup water
• 2-3 T butter
• 1/2 t grated lemon rind
• 1 1/2 t lemon juice
• 1/8 t salt

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Melt butter in heavy pan and let cool
Beat together, well, the sugar and egg
Sift flour, soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt
Combine molasses, honey and hot water
Add the sifted and liquid ingredients alternately to the butter mixture until blended.
Bake in a greased pan about an hour.

Sauce
In a double broiler, heat sugar, cornstarch and water
Remove from heat and add butter, rind and juice and salt