A Readable Feast
December 9, 2006 by Karen Weideman
Filed under blogs, food, holidays, recipes
I was visiting A Readable Feast today and thought it would interest my Thrifty Mommy readers. Anne-Marie shows parents how sharing books with children and doing activities like cooking and crafts helps families stay connected. While visiting her blog I found a recipe for gingerbread stars. I thought this recipe would be good to pass on to those of you that will be doing some Christmas baking.
Gingerbread Stars
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. mixed spices – nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon
- 1 tsp. powdered ginger
- 1/4 cup seedless raisins
- 1/4 cup or 4 Tbsp. butter
- 1/2 cup, packed full, dark brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. dark molasses (dark treacle)
- 1 egg, well beaten
Also needed:
- baking sheet lightly buttered and dusted with flour
- 2 6-inch star shapes, buttered and floured or 1 8-inch sandwich cake pan
Says Mary Poppins “If you don’t have star-shaped tins, use a round one, eight inches in diameter, and then you will have ‘full moon,’.”
Directions
- Heat the over to 350 degrees F.
- Sift into a mixing bowl the flour, soda, spices, and ginger. Stir in the raisins.
- Melt the butter and sugar together in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from the stove and allow to cool a little.
- Add the molasses and then stir with the beaten egg into the spiced flour and mix well with a large wooden spoon.
Divide the batter equally between the two star shapes or fill the sandwich cake tin.- Bake the stars for 30 minutes and the cake tin for 40 minutes in the middle of the oven.
- Turn out on a wire rack to cool.
