Olde Tyme Hot Water Gingerbread

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sorghum
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 large eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.grease and flour a 9x13" baking pan.set aside.
• 2 mix sorghum with sugar and butter.
• 3 sift together flour, baking soda, ginger, cloves, cinnamon and salt.
• 4 add dry ingredients to sorghum mixture and blend well.
• 5 add boiling water until well blended.stir in well beaten eggs --
• 6 pour into prepareed pan and bake until top springs back when softly touched (approximately 20-25 minutes)
• 7 let cool before removing from pan.
• 8 makes 15-20 squares.
• 9 this is a very thin batter.but do not add more flour.
• 10 can also be made into layer cakes with filling between layers and on top -- .