Whole Grain Gingerbread Food

WHOLE WHEAT GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat molasses, honey, oil and eggs until well-mixed. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk to the egg mixture. Pour batter into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature with chilled whipped cream.

WHOLE GRAIN GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Stir dry ingredients (flour through wheat germ) together in mixing bowl.
• Add remaining ingredients and beat until smooth.
• Pour into greased 9x9 cake pan; bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes, or until tests done.

WHOLE WHEAT PUMPKIN GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large mixing, combine sugar, oil and eggs; beat until smooth. Add water and beat until well blended. Stir in pumpkin, ginger, allspice cinnamon, and clove.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and blend just until all ingredients are mixed. Divide batter between prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven until toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour.

WHOLE WHEAT GINGERBREAD PANCAKES

Steps:

• Whisk first 6 ingredients in a large bowl to blend.
• Whisk apple juice concentrate, water, butter and eggs in a medium bowl to blend.
• Add to dry ingredients, whick batter just until blended.
• Heat heaby griddle or skillet over medium-high heat; brush with some oil or butter.
• Pour batter by 1/3 cupfuls onto griddle, spacing 2 inches apart.
• Cook until pancakes are golden brown, about 3 minutes per side.
• Transfer to plate and keep warm in low oven while making the rest of the pancakes.
• Serve with butter, maple syrup or apple butter.

WHOLE WHEAT GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses, egg, vanilla, and salt until combined.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients; add to wet ingredients and mix until well blended and dough forms. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before handling. If chilled overnight, allow the dough to warm up slightly or it may crack when it is rolled out.
• Preheat oven to 350F (175C.) Line two baking trays with parchment paper, set aside. Divide dough into 4 pieces; roll out one at a time keeping the remaining dough refrigerated.
• Roll dough to ¼ inch (½ cm) thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes using floured cookie cutters. Carefully transfer to prepared baking trays.
• Bake for 7-9 minutes, rotating trays top to bottom halfway through, or until cookies are set. Cool 1-2 minutes on the tray then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating.
• Tips: Make a simple Royal Icing to decorate. It will harden overnight, making the cookies stackable for storage. Lightly whisk together 1 egg white and ¼ tsp (1 mL) lemon juice. Gradually beat in 1 ½ - 2 ½ cups (375-625 mL) of icing sugar to desired consistency. Tint using food colouring, then pipe onto cookies using a zipper storage bag with the corner snipped off. Allow the icing to dry overnight before storing in an airtight container.
• More cookie recipes are available at www.walmart.ca/recipecentre.

WHOLE-GRAIN GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Butter and flour a 9" square pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients, plus grated ginger and orange zest. Make sure any clumps of sugar are broken up, whisk well.
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the butter. Add the molasses and honey and cook, stirring, until the mixture is warm but not boiling.
• Pour into the flour mixture and mix to combine.
• Add the milk, yogurt and egg, and combine. This may take some mixing, but should look like a loose brownie batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the edges pull away slightly from the edges and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 to 40 minutes.
• Let the gingerbread cool completely in the pan before cutting and serving. Any leftovers can be stored at room temperature for up to 4 days.

WHOLE WHEAT GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, gradually add brown sugar and beat until fluffy.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Mix in molasses.
• Mix dry ingredients together, add gradually to mixture.
• Add boiling water and stir until batter is smooth, mixture will be thin.
• Pour into greased and floured 8" square baking pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes, until edges are starting to pull away from pan and toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.