My Mother-in-Law's Gingerbread Recipe

Many thanks to my sister-in-law, Susan, who came through for me and found my mother-in-law's gingerbread recipe!!  This is the BEST gingerbread recipe I have ever had!!  And my husband loves this so i am going to make this for him today as part of his Valentine present.  I will post the pictures later on today.

Doris Emmich's Gingerbread

Ingredients

3 Eggs

1 cup sugar

1 cup Wesson oil

1 cup molasses

1 tsp ginger 

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg or 1/2 t cloves (your choice)

1 cup boiling water

2 tsp baking soda

2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Mix the eggs, sugar, oil, molasses and spices together until completely combine.

Add baking soda to 1 cup boiling water.  It will foam - this is fun if you have kids around!

Add the soda water to the mixture.

Add the flour and pour into an ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish. (This will seem really runny!

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out dry.

Cool on a baking rack.

Note:  My mother-in-law would sometimes frost this with cream cheese frosting or just dust this with powdered sugar and put whipped cream on each piece.

Entire Recipe:

Doris Emmich's Gingerbread

Ingredients

3 Eggs

1 cup sugar

1 cup Wesson oil

1 cup molasses

1 tsp ginger 

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg or 1/2 t cloves (your choice)

1 cup boiling water

2 tsp baking soda

2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Mix the eggs, sugar, oil, molasses and spices together until completely combine.

Add baking soda to 1 cup boiling water.  It will foam.

Add the soda water to the mixture.

Add the flour and pour into an ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out dry.

Cool on a baking rack.