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Recipe for "gingerbread-2"

NAME

     GINGERBREAD-2 - Best-ever gingerbread
     This moist gingerbread is a good recipe for the holidays  or
     any  other  time.   This  recipe was originally published in
     Sunset magazine before I was born.

INGREDIENTS (serves 12)

     200 g     white sugar
     1 ml      salt
     5 ml      ginger
     2.5 ml    cinnamon
     2.5 ml    powdered cloves
     250 ml    vegetable oil
     250 ml    light molasses
     10 ml     baking  soda  (That's  baking  soda,  not   baking
               powder)
     250 ml    boiling water
     250 g     all-purpose flour, unsifted
     2         eggs, well beaten

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Mix the sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon  and  cloves
               together in a bowl.
          (2)  Add the vegetable oil and the  molasses,  stirring
               until well blended.
          (3)  Mix the baking soda into  the  boiling  water  and
               immediately stir into the mixture.
          (4)  Add the flour gradually, mixing  well  after  each
               addition.
          (5)  Mix in the beaten eggs.
          (6)  Pour into a greased 20x30 baking pan and  bake  at
               175 deg. C for 40 minutes.

NOTES

     Top with whipped cream or lemon sauce.

RATING

     Difficulty: moderate.   Time:  20  minutes  to  prepare,  40
     minutes to cook.  Precision: measure the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Jonathan Hue
     Lockheed Missiles and Space Company-Mechanisms & Servos, Sunnyvale, CA
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