Gingerbread Made With Sour Cream Food

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 by 8-inch cake pan and line with parchment paper. Grease and flour the pan.
• Place the rum and raisins in a small pan, cover and heat until the rum boils. Turn off the heat and set aside. Place the butter and molasses in another small pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour the mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cool for 5 minutes, then mix in the sour cream and orange zest.
• Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a small bowl. Mix with your hands until combined. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture and mix only until smooth. Drain the raisins and add them and crystallized ginger to the mixture with a spatula. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
• When the cake has cooled, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice and pour it onto the gingerbread, allowing it to drip down the sides. Allow the glaze to set. Cut the gingerbread into 9 squares.

FAVORITE OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving.

GRANDMOTHER'S GINGERBREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Place Wesson Oil in a medium sized mixing bowl.
• Add sugar.
• Cream oil and sugar together with mixer
• Add molasses. Mix together.
• Add flour. Mix together.
• Add milk. Mix together.
• Beat egg and add to mixture.
• Add cinnamon.
• Add ginger.
• Mix until well combined.
• Grease and flour a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Pour batter into pan. Spread out evenly.
• Bake at 350F degrees for 35-45 minutes until done.
• Remove from oven when done. Place on wire rack, cool 15 minutes.
• Turn out of pan and continue to cool on wire rack.
• Enjoy

GUINNESS GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Line your cake pan with aluminium foil and grease it, or grease your foil tray.
• Put the butter, syrup, dark brown sugar, stout, ginger, cinnamon and ground cloves into a pan and melt gently over a low heat.
• Take off the heat and whisk in the flour and baking soda. You will need to be patient and whisk thoroughly to get rid of any lumps.
• Whisk the sour cream and eggs together in a measuring jug and then beat into the gingerbread mixture, whisking again to get a smooth batter.
• Pour this into your cake/foil pan, and bake for about 45 minutes; when it's ready it will be gleamingly risen at the centre, and coming away from the pan at the sides.
• Let the gingerbread cool before cutting into slices or squares.

SOUR CREAM GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Heat cream, then add butter and molasses and stir in beaten egg. Sift flour with salt, sugar, soda and spices and blend into cream mixture. Bake in a greased 8-inch square pan in a 350 degrees F oven for 30 minutes. Recipe Source: "The Hutchinson News Cookbook" (Kansas, 1958)

GINGERBREAD SQUARES WITH HONEY-MASCARPONE CREAM

Steps:

• For topping:
• Whisk mascarpone cheese, honey, and lemon juice in small bowl to blend. Cover; chill until ready to serve. (Can be made 1 day ahead; keep chilled.)
• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 8-inch square metal baking pan. Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl to blend well; whisk in crystallized ginger. Whisk oil, molasses, and brown sugar in large bowl to blend; whisk in egg and lemon peel. Gradually whisk in dry ingredients, then boiling water. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cake 15 minutes. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool completely; cover and store at room temperature.) Cut cake into squares; sift powdered sugar over. Serve warm or at room temperature with topping.
• Italian cream cheese available at Italian markets and many supermarkets.

GINGERBREAD MADE WITH SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180 C).
• Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
• Beat butter and sugar until creamy.
• Beat in molasses, lemon zest, then beat in eggs 1 at a time.
• Sift in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt, stirring until blended. Stir in sour cream, then boiling water.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake for 40 -45 minutes, until a tester inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool cake for 20 minutes, before turning out on a cooling rack to cool completely.
• Then enjoy with some sweetened cream or a nice lemon sauce.

SOUR CREAM GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugar and salt.
• Add molasses and ginger; stir in egg.
• Add sour cream and mix thoroughly.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves together and add to butter mixture.
• Refrigerate several hours.
• Drop cookie method:.
• Roll 1-2 tsp dough into ball.
• Roll in granulated sugar.
• Place on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375F for 10-15 minutes.
• Rolled/Cut cookie method:.
• Roll out on slightly floured board to about 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut into desired shapes.
• Bake at 375F for 10-15 minutes on greased cookie sheet.

GINGERBREAD SOUR CREAM MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Grease bottoms of twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups; set aside.
• 2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, fresh or ground ginger, baking powder, allspice or cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 3. In another medium bowl, stir together milk, egg, sour cream, brown sugar and molasses. Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be a little lumpy).
• 4. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each nearly full. In a small bowl combine granulated sugar and crystallized ginger. Sprinkle over the muffin batter.
• 5. Bake in a 400°F oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden and a wooden toothpick inserted near the centers comes out clean. Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups; serve warm.

MAPLE-SOUR CREAM GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Combine the egg, maple syrup, molasses, sour cream and vanilla in a medium-sized bowl.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves together in a separate bowl. Stir in the liquid ingredients and mix until smooth.
• Add the melted butter and and combine thoroughly. Pour the batter into a buttered 9-inch square pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, remove from the oven and cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• To serve, frost, dust with powdered sugar or top with whipped cream.

PAM'S ORIGINAL SOUR CREAM GINGERBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400°. Prepare Muffin pan with Butter and flour or spray with cooking spray or line with cupcake liners. (If you spray the inside of the liners, the muffins won't stick to them, and will release easily from the paper.)
• 2. In a medium to large bowl, beat egg with wooden spoon until light colored. Add Sour cream, Molasses, sugar and melted butter. Mix well
• 3. Sift the dry ingredients (except crystalized ginger) together into a separate bowl, or onto a sheet of waxed paper.
• 4. Mix dry ingredients into the egg mixture until just moistened, add chopped crystalized ginger and stir in quickly.
• 5. Portion batter into prepared muffin pan, filling cups about 2/3 full. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown. Remove from oven, cool 5-10 minutes and then place on wire cooling rack to cool completely. (If you can resist them warm) Serve with Honey Butter. (1 stk of softened butter and 1/2c honey, whipped together)

PINEAPPLE-GINGER CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan, a 9-by-2-inch round cake pan or a 9-inch square metal pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and butter the paper.
• Prepare the pineapple: In a skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add pineapple, brown sugar, allspice and salt, and sauté until pineapple chunks are glossy and lightly browned in spots, 7 to 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Make the crumb topping: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, almonds, candied ginger, ground ginger, cinnamon and salt. Stir in melted butter, pinching the mixture with your fingers, until 1/2-inch crumbs form. Set aside.
• Make the cake: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a handheld electric mixer and a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed until creamy and smooth, about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until incorporated, then beat in rum and lime zest. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
• On low speed, beat in half of the flour mixture until smooth, then beat in the sour cream, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in remaining flour just until incorporated.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan. Scatter cooled pineapple evenly across the surface of the cake. Top with ginger crumb mixture.
• Bake until the center of the cake springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few crumbs, 45 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before serving.