Jamaican Ginger Bread
Ingredients
| 2 cups ap flour | ||
| 1 tbs baking powder | ||
| 1/2 tsp baking soda | ||
| 1 tsp ground allspice | ||
| 1 tsp kosher salt | ||
| 8 oz unsalted butter | ||
| 1/2 cup dark brown sugar | ||
| 1 cup molasses | ||
| 1 cup evaporated milk | ||
| 2 eggs well beaten | ||
| 1 oz freshly grated ginger root or 2 tsp ground ginger | ||
| 2 oz crystallized ginger, minced |
Directions:
- Sift the flour, baking powder, soda, allspice and salt together.
- Melt the butter cook and mix with the sugar molasses, milk and eggs.
- Add the the flour, blending thoroughly.
- Fold in the grated and the crystallized ginger.
- pour into a greased 9×5 loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- If using ground ginger instead of freshly grated ginger, sift with the dry ingredients.
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