I had to do it.  Gingerbread.  There is something definitely Christmas-y about it!

"Gingerbread is a term used to describe a variety of sweet food products, which can range from a soft, moist loaf cake to something close to a ginger biscuit. What they have in common are the predominant flavors of ginger and a tendency to use honey or molasses (treacle) rather than just sugar."

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Gluten Free Gingerbread?  Ok!  Actually, this was easy, and turned out so good.

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Gluten Free Gingerbread

Adapted from here and here

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1 cup butter

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup molasses

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup brown sugar

3 cups gluten free flour blend (or regular flour – I used Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free flour)

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp allspice

1/2 tsp cloves

3 large eggs, at room temperature

1/2 cup milk

1 tbsp fresh grated ginger

Preheat oven to 325-350 degrees.

In a medium saucepan over medium heat combine butter, water, molasses, honey, and brown sugar.  Stir until butter melts.  Remove from heat and let cool.

While waiting for the molasses mixture to cool, prepare the baking dish.  In a 9x13 pan, prepare a piece of parchment paper that is longer than the pan by 2 inches on each end of the pan.  Place the piece of parchment paper in the pan and spray with nonstick spray.  This will make the gingerbread easier to remove from the pan after it is cooked.

When the molasses mixture cools, whisk in the eggs and milk.  Trust me – if you do this too soon, you will have scrambled eggs!

In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients.  Stir in the molasses mixture.  Mix well, but don't worry if you don't get all the lumps out.  Stir in the grated ginger.

Pour into the prepared pan.  Bake 45-60 minutes.  It took me a little over 60 minutes.  Allow to cool in the pan 10 minutes, then remove the parchment paper from the pan and lift the gingerbread onto a cooling rack.  Let cool completely before cutting.

Yield:  15 pieces (more or less - depending on how big you cut them)

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I wonder if Santa likes Gingerbread?

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