Traditional Gingerbread Loaf Recipes

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4.
• Grease and line a 2 lb loaf tin.
• Mix the flour with the salt, baking powder, ground ginger & raisins if using.
• Melt the butter or margarine and add the sugar, black treacle - mixing them together very well.
• Add the butter mixture to the flour mixture - and mix with a wooden spoon.
• Gradually beat in the egg and milk mixture to make a smooth, thick batter.
• Pour into the greased and lined 2 lb loaf tin and bake for about 45 minutes, or until a skewer when inserted comes out clean.
• The gingerbread loaf should be well risen and slightly sticky to the touch, although it gets stickier the longer it is kept.
• Slice and eat warm with butter, or leave to go cold and store in an airtight container.
• Also wonderful served warm with custard or cream.
• Keeps very well for a week or more.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, milk, syrup and oil. Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thin). Pour into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. , Bake at 325° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and dust with flour or line with parchment paper.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg together in a medium mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Combine milk, brown sugar, molasses, oil, applesauce, and eggs in a large bowl; mix together until well blended. Stir into flour mixture until just blended. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool completely, about 15 minutes. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store at room temperature, or freeze.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and butter and line a 900g loaf tin. Put the honey, butter and sugar in a saucepan and warm over a low heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter has melted and the sugar dissolved. Remove from the heat and pour in the milk and vanilla, then set aside to cool.
• Tip the flour into a bowl with the baking powder, spices and a pinch of salt. Add the egg, then gently fold in along with the melted butter mixture. Once combined, tip into the prepared tin, place on a baking tray, and bake for 40 mins until springy to the touch and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 mins in the tin, then place on a cooling rack and leave to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for up to four days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Prepare a bread pan by lining with parchment paper and spraying with cooking spray. This will ensure bread slips right out of your pan with zero sticking.
• Blend sugar and butter together until fluffy.
• Add egg and molasses and beat well, scraping sides as needed.
• Add baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. Mix well.
• Add flour in 1/2 cup at at time and mixing between each addition.
• While mixing, SLOWLY add water to thin batter out. Now is the time to add the apple sauce if you wish, though I didn't need it.
• If adding the crystallized ginger, add now.
• Pour mixture into prepared bread pan and bake for 55 minutes. Remove from oven and add create a tent over bread to prevent from edges getting to dark.
• Place bread back in oven and bake for 15 - 20 more minutes.
• Remove from oven when a toothpick inserted into the middle of bread comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving.