Recipe - Nova Scotia Gingerbread

One fourth cup Shortening
One fourth cup Lightly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup Molasses
1 Egg
1 One half cup Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ginger, ground
One fourth teaspoon Cloves
Three fourths cup Boiling water

Cream shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in
molasses and egg. Combine flour, salt baking soda, spices.

Stir dry ingredients gently into creamed mixture alternately with boiling
water until just mixed, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

Spoon batter into a lightly greased 8x4 inch or 9x5 inch loaf pan.

Bake in 350 F oven 4045 minutes (check could be less for larger pan)
until tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 min, remove and cool completely. Wrap tightly to store.

Each serving 1/12 loaf, 133 calories One half starchy choice, 1 fruit, 1 fat 20
g carbohydrate, 2 g protein, 5 g fat

Source: Choice Cooking, Canadian Diabetes Assoc. 1986 Shared and tested by
Elizabeth Rodier Sept 93.

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