Gingerbread
Healthy Christmas Recipe
By Fitness and Freebies
This is an old fashioned gingerbread recipe lightened up! Spices of ginger, cinnamon and allspice with honey and molasses for sweetness.
Recipe Ingredients
2 cups unbleached white flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup evaporated skim milk
2 eggs, beaten (or egg substitute equivalent)
1/2 cup boiling water
Recipe Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
Combine the remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Add the flour mixture slowly to the wet ingredients, mixing well after each addition.
Pour into an 8 x 8-inch nonstick pan and bake for 35 to 45 minutes. Serve warm.
Nutrition information per serving:
Yield: 8 servings
Serving size: 1 square
Calories: 303;
Total Fat: 5g;
Saturated Fat: 0g;
Cholesterol: 1mg;
Sodium: 338mg;
Carbohydrates: 56g;
Fiber: 1g;
Protein: 8g
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Christmas Fact
In Britain, eating mince pies at Christmas dates back to the 16th century. It is still believed that to eat a mince pie on each of the Twelve Days of Christmas will bring 12 happy months in the year to follow.
