Traditional Gingerbread Loaf

Fill your home with the smell of the holidays! This delicious gingerbread loaf dessert is freezer-friendly and makes a great gift!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 354 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup milk
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ cup molasses
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup applesauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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.

Step 2

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg together in a medium mixing bowl. Set aside.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.