Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

By Janes_kitchen

Ingredients

• 11.25 oz flour (abt 2-1/2C)
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1-1/2 tsp grd. ginger
• 1 tsp grd cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp grd. cloves
• 1/2 C packed brown sugar
• 1/4 C canola oil
• 1 lg egg
• 2/3 C molasses
• 1 (4-oz) container unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 C nonfat buttermilk
• cooking spray

Preparation

Step 1

preheat oven to 350

weigh on lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cup
level w/ knife
combine flour & next 5 ingredients (through cloves) in bowl, stirring well

combine sugar, oil & egg in lg bowl
beat w/ mixer at med. speed until combined
stir in molasses & applesauce

add flour mixture & buttermilk alternately to egg mixture, beginning & ending w/ flour mixture
spoon batter into 9" square baking pan coated w/ cooking spray
bake @350 for 35 min or until wooden pick insered into center comes out clean

cool in pan on wire rack for 15 min
cut into squares