Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1 cup apple sauce 
• 1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.3 cup butter melted
• 2 large eggs 
• 1.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.3 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 0.5 cup blackstrap molasses light
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup sugar 

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• knife
• wire rack
• blender
• baking pan
• measuring cup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 32
2. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
3. Combine flour and next 6 ingredients. Set aside.
4. Beat sugar and eggs with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
5. Add applesauce, molasses, and butter; beat well.
6. Add flour mixture to applesauce mixture, beating just until dry ingredients are moist.
7. Pour batter into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
8. Bake at 325 for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
9. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
10. Cut into 12 squares.
11. Serve warm or at room temperature.