Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1.5 teaspoons baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter 
• 1  eggs 
• 2.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 1 cup blackstrap molasses 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup water hot
• 0.5 cup sugar white

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Greased and flour one 9 inch square pan.
2. Cream together the sugar and butter or margarine.
3. Add egg, and beat well.
4. Mix in the molasses.
5. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and clove.
6. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture; add the hot water, and mix well.
7. Pour batter into pan and bake for one hour. Allow to cool in pan and serve.