I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?


$3 sifter
$6 cinnamon
$5 ginger
$5 cloves
$5 molasses
$3 buttermilk
---
$27

Cook Time : 45min
Type of Prep : Bake

An old-fashioned gingerbread recipe.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted before measuring
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup molasses
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk (1 teaspoon vinegar and enough
milk to
make 1/2 cup)
1/4 cup hot water

PREPARATION:

Preheat oven to 350°. Sift together the flour, sugar, salt,
baking powder,
baking soda, and spices. Stir in melted butter, molasses, egg,
and
buttermilk or sour milk. Beat in hot water. Pour batter into a
generously
greased and floured 8-inch square pan. Sponsored Links
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until cake springs back when
lightly touched with finger.
Serve gingerbread with whipped cream or lemon sauce.

wrote:
> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk
> ---
> $27

homemade gongerbread is definitely worth it, but:

a small container of buttermilk should be less than 3 dollars. You can
get small amounts of spices very cheaply in bulk at many health food
stores. molasses is only about 3 dollars at the most.

>
> Cook Time : 45min
> Type of Prep : Bake
>
> An old-fashioned gingerbread recipe.
>
> INGREDIENTS:
> 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted before measuring
> 1/3 cup sugar
> 1 teaspoon salt
> 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
> 1 teaspoon baking soda
> 1 teaspoon cinnamon
> 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
> 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
> 1/2 cup melted butter
> 1 cup molasses
> 1 egg
> 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk (1 teaspoon vinegar and enough
> milk to
> make 1/2 cup)
> 1/4 cup hot water
>
> PREPARATION:
>
> Preheat oven to 350°. Sift together the flour, sugar, salt,
> baking powder,
> baking soda, and spices. Stir in melted butter, molasses, egg,
> and
> buttermilk or sour milk. Beat in hot water. Pour batter into a
> generously
> greased and floured 8-inch square pan. Sponsored Links
> Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until cake springs back when
> lightly touched with finger.
> Serve gingerbread with whipped cream or lemon sauce.
>


--

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> wrote in message
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I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?


$3 sifter
$6 cinnamon
$5 ginger
$5 cloves
$5 molasses
$3 buttermilk
---
$27

If you just want a one time serving of Gingerbread maybe you should just buy
one. It won't be as good, but definitely cheaper. If you love gingerbread
as we do with the exception of the buttermilk you'll be several serving out
of the above items. Personally I'd skip the sifter. I bake all the time
and haven't sifted a thing in 20 years. When I'm really lazy I stir up the
flour and spoon it gently into a measuring cup. If I'm feeling industrious
.... holding a fine metal strainer full of flour and such I'll hit it against
the palm of my other hand.

Lynne

> wrote in message
oups.com...

> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients
> I don't have according to the recipe below. Do you think
> it's worth it?

If you don't have the money, you don't have the money and it quickly becomes
irrelevant whether it's "worth" it or not.

> $3 sifter

You don't need a sifter, if you've already got a sieve of some sort -- and
you should be able to pick up a cheap sieve at a dollar store for, well,
about a dollar.

> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves

This is exactly where most of your money will go; however, you'll have ample
spice left-over for other projects.

> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk

Five dollars for molasses? Yikes, that's very high indeed. Ditto the
buttermilk, which you should be able to get for under $2. Try some other
stores.

-j

> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk
> ---
> $27
(recipe snipped)

Ditto the two previous posts. Buy the spices in bulk, don't bother with the
sifter, and just sour some milk you've already got if you don't want to
spring for buttermilk. Homemade is better. Always.

Spitz
--
"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"

wrote:
> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?

I dunno, but I got a $10 gift cert to Starbucks, and so I bought their
Gingerbred loaf - $14.95. It was *incredible*! And I *hate*
Starbucks...

-L.

wrote:
> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk
> ---
> $27

Skip the sifter & the buttermilk, sour some milk you already have on
hand as stated in the recipe. Buy the spices in bulk at the health
food store and a 16 ounce container of molasses. My estimate $3 for
molasses and $2 for the spices you don't have.

I've never had store bought gingerbread, mmm....warm angel gingerbread
with whipped cream. worthwhile if you like gingerbread and can afford
the extras.

Jessica

In article .com>,
wrote:

> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk
> ---
> $27
>
> Cook Time : 45min
> Type of Prep : Bake
>
> An old-fashioned gingerbread recipe.
>
> INGREDIENTS:
> 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted before measuring
> 1/3 cup sugar
> 1 teaspoon salt
> 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
> 1 teaspoon baking soda
> 1 teaspoon cinnamon
> 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
> 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
> 1/2 cup melted butter
> 1 cup molasses
> 1 egg
> 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk (1 teaspoon vinegar and enough
> milk to
> make 1/2 cup)
> 1/4 cup hot water
>


I've always used a box mix. I'm not a gingerbread connoisseur so I
wouldn't appreciate any differences. If you have a food co-op nearby
(I do) where you can buy in bulk, you could buy all your ingredients in
the quantities needed, except for maybe the buttermilk. You can fake
that with lemon juice in some milk. Total cost probably wouldn't be
more than $2. Ditch the sifter - you can lighten that dry mixture with
a whisk or a fork to combine and aerate.

I'd look for a mix.
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 12-13-05 - RIP, Gerri

wrote:
> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk
> ---
> $27
>


Unless you are someplace where food has to be flown in those prices are
on the high side. In my area a quart of buttermilk is $1.20, and the
spices would be less than $2.00 and molasses around $2.50.

The sifter is nice to catch big particles but is really not necessary.

And to answer your question freshly baked gingerbread is worth it.



> Cook Time : 45min
> Type of Prep : Bake
>
> An old-fashioned gingerbread recipe.
>
> INGREDIENTS:
> 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted before measuring
> 1/3 cup sugar
> 1 teaspoon salt
> 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
> 1 teaspoon baking soda
> 1 teaspoon cinnamon
> 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
> 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
> 1/2 cup melted butter
> 1 cup molasses
> 1 egg
> 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk (1 teaspoon vinegar and enough
> milk to
> make 1/2 cup)
> 1/4 cup hot water
>
> PREPARATION:
>
> Preheat oven to 350°. Sift together the flour, sugar, salt,
> baking powder,
> baking soda, and spices. Stir in melted butter, molasses, egg,
> and
> buttermilk or sour milk. Beat in hot water. Pour batter into a
> generously
> greased and floured 8-inch square pan. Sponsored Links
> Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until cake springs back when
> lightly touched with finger.
> Serve gingerbread with whipped cream or lemon sauce.
>

On 16 Dec 2005 22:03:32 -0800, wrote:

>I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
>according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk

Except for the sifter, those prices seem very high. Are those
Canadian dollars? Even then it's high. Are your supplies airlifted
to you? ;> Or, what quantities are you talking about? Are those
prices for lifetime supplies? I haven't bought molasses in a while,
but I'd guess $1.59 for a quart of buttermilk. I have to buy
buttermilk today so I'll notice the price. I hope it's not that high,
but the way prices fluctuate these days, who knows?

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

wrote

> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk
> ---
> $27

But you won't use ALL the cinnamon or ALL the ginger or ALL of any of the
other ingredients. You'll still have the sifter (if you choose to buy one),
too. So the actual cost of the gingerbread is considerably less than $27.
(Well, with the price of heating the oven, maybe not...)

I follow Maida Heatter's recipe for "Moosehead Gingerbread", and I've never
had commercial gingerbread which even comes close in terms of flavor:

Moosehead Gingerbread
(from _Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts_)

2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons powdered ginger
1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup molasses, dark or light
1 rounded tablespoon instant coffee
1 cup boiling water

Adjust rack to center of oven. Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter a 9-inch
square pan. Dust it lightly with fine, dry bread crumbs.

Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves,
mustard, and black pepper. Set aside.

In large bowl of electric mixer cream the butter. Add the sugar and beat
for 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Use a rubber spatula
all through the beating to help mix ingredients. Add molasses. Beat until
smooth. Dissolve the instant coffee in the boiling water. On low speed
alternately add sifted dry ingredients in three additions and coffee, which
will be hot, in two additions.

Beat only until smooth. Mixture will be very thin. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake 35 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Cool in
pan on a rack for about 10 minutes. Cover with a rack and invert. Remove
pan, cover with another rack and invert again. Serve warm or let cool.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: May be cut into squares or thin slices. Frequently served
with applesauce or vanilla ice cream.

BOB'S NOTES: I use freshly-brewed coffee instead of instant. I also serve
the gingerbread with lemon curd.


Bob

On 16 Dec 2005 22:03:32 -0800, wrote:

>I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
>according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk

Except for the sifter, those prices seem very high. Are those
Canadian dollars? Even then it's high. Are your supplies airlifted
to you? ;> Or, what quantities are you talking about? Are those
prices for lifetime supplies? I haven't bought molasses in a while,
but I'd guess $1.59 for a quart of buttermilk. I have to buy
buttermilk today so I'll notice the price. I hope it's not that high,
but the way prices fluctuate these days, who knows?
************************
When I was at the store today I priced a quart of Friendly's
buttermilk at $1.99 (usually I buy it at another store where it's
$1.59) and Grandma's molasses at $2.59 (I forgot to look at the
quantity, but at least 2 cups). Ginger was on sale for $2.99 for 0.8
oz (down from $4.19 regular price). I didn't check out other spices.

I don't know why the original of my response (above the line of
asterisks) didn't get to rfc as of 12:32 pm though it's in my "sent"
file for Agent. Perhaps this one won't either!

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Curly Sue wrote:

> When I was at the store today I priced a quart of Friendly's
> buttermilk at $1.99 (usually I buy it at another store where it's
> $1.59)


I concoct my own by simply adding a heaping teaspoon or three of vinegar to
a quart of milk and leaving it out all night so it sours/clabbers a little
bit. Works okay in a pinch...

--
Best
Greg

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:35:54 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:

>
>Curly Sue wrote:
>
>> When I was at the store today I priced a quart of Friendly's
>> buttermilk at $1.99 (usually I buy it at another store where it's
>> $1.59)
>
>
>I concoct my own by simply adding a heaping teaspoon or three of vinegar to
>a quart of milk and leaving it out all night so it sours/clabbers a little
>bit. Works okay in a pinch...
>
>--
>Best
>Greg
>

(Ah, my posts are finally getting through today!)

That's a lot of sour milk. How long does it last? Buttermilk keeps a
long time which is good because it takes at least a month for me to
use a quart.

Of course, one could add the vinegar to just a cup of milk, and it is
cheaper than buttermilk.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Curly Sue wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:35:54 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >Curly Sue wrote:
> >
> >> When I was at the store today I priced a quart of Friendly's
> >> buttermilk at $1.99 (usually I buy it at another store where it's
> >> $1.59)
> >
> >
> >I concoct my own by simply adding a heaping teaspoon or three of vinegar
to
> >a quart of milk and leaving it out all night so it sours/clabbers a
little
> >bit. Works okay in a pinch...
> >
> >--
> >Best
> >Greg
> >
>
> (Ah, my posts are finally getting through today!)
>
> That's a lot of sour milk. How long does it last? Buttermilk keeps a
> long time which is good because it takes at least a month for me to
> use a quart.


These days I am making cornbread and biscuits several times per week so I go
through a quart fairly fast...but it does last a long time...this fall I had
some that was two months old, it was just fine.


> Of course, one could add the vinegar to just a cup of milk, and it is
> cheaper than buttermilk.


Yep...

--
Best
Greg

On 16 Dec 2005 22:03:32 -0800, wrote:

>I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
>according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk
>---
>$27
>
> Cook Time : 45min
> Type of Prep : Bake
>
> An old-fashioned gingerbread recipe.
>
You could try this recipe, handed down to me from my mother, for a lot
fewer ingredients and most things on hand

EGGLESS GINGERBREAD

(1)
1/4 lb butter
1 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup golden syrup (you could probably use molasses)


(2)
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp mixed spice
2 tsp ground ginger

Mix ingredients (1) in a pot. Melt.
Add ingredients (2)

Bake in a loaf tin for 45 mins, 350F

Kathy in NZ

Kathy in NZ wrote:
> On 16 Dec 2005 22:03:32 -0800, wrote:
>
>
>>I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
>>according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>>
>>
>>$3 sifter
>>$6 cinnamon
>>$5 ginger
>>$5 cloves
>>$5 molasses
>>$3 buttermilk
>>---
>>$27
>>
>> Cook Time : 45min
>> Type of Prep : Bake
>>
>> An old-fashioned gingerbread recipe.
>>
>
> You could try this recipe, handed down to me from my mother, for a lot
> fewer ingredients and most things on hand
>
> EGGLESS GINGERBREAD
>
> (1)
> 1/4 lb butter
> 1 cup milk
> 3/4 cup sugar
> 3/4 cup golden syrup (you could probably use molasses)
>
>
> (2)
> 2 1/2 cups flour
> 2 tsp mixed spice
> 2 tsp ground ginger
>
> Mix ingredients (1) in a pot. Melt.
> Add ingredients (2)
>
> Bake in a loaf tin for 45 mins, 350F
>
> Kathy in NZ
>
>

I make gingerbread cookies; my recipe (from Joy of Cooking) has no
buttermilk.

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...

> BOB'S NOTES: I use freshly-brewed coffee instead
> of instant.

To clarify, does that mean that you use a cup of hot, fresh-brewed coffee in
place of the instant coffee and hot water? Or ...?

-j
(definitely pre-coffee this morning )

In article .com>,
wrote:

> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?


How much do you like gingerbread?

Do you like to bake?

Will you use the considerable amount of leftover ingredients for other
baking projects?

I'm not a big fan of gingerbread. I don't like to bake. I don't need
this stuff for other baking projects.

I vote no.

OK, we had the big time gingerbread a couple of weeks ago. We are
talking 9" by 11", three of them.

I have nothing to do with this. My wife is the baker. It's for church.

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA

wrote:

> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>
>
> $3 sifter
> $6 cinnamon
> $5 ginger
> $5 cloves
> $5 molasses
> $3 buttermilk
> ---
> $27

If I were to make this recipe, cost aside of oven time would be zip.
You should be able to get the spices a lot cheaper than your estimated
prices. At best, buy in bulk and only the amount you need that way you
won't have a lot of spices hanging around with nothing to do. One bulk
food store here is Bulk Barn but many of the grocery stores also have
bulk spice sections. Another way to do it is buy very small containers.
I saw one US store was selling 1/2 bottles sizes of holiday spices for
$1.99. Another way you could do it would be buy the spices at a dollar
store. I don't really commend this as you never really know how old
they are. Molasses is rather cheap here at about $2 and buttermilk for
the amount you need would only cost me about $1.50 with half the
container left over.

Do I think it's worth it? If you enjoy gingerbread, definitely. If you
don't, why bother?

>
> Cook Time : 45min
> Type of Prep : Bake
>
> An old-fashioned gingerbread recipe.
>
> INGREDIENTS:
> 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted before measuring
> 1/3 cup sugar
> 1 teaspoon salt
> 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
> 1 teaspoon baking soda
> 1 teaspoon cinnamon
> 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
> 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
> 1/2 cup melted butter
> 1 cup molasses
> 1 egg
> 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk (1 teaspoon vinegar and enough
> milk to
> make 1/2 cup)
> 1/4 cup hot water
>
> PREPARATION:
>
> Preheat oven to 350°. Sift together the flour, sugar, salt,
> baking powder,
> baking soda, and spices. Stir in melted butter, molasses, egg,
> and
> buttermilk or sour milk. Beat in hot water. Pour batter into a
> generously
> greased and floured 8-inch square pan. Sponsored Links
> Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until cake springs back when
> lightly touched with finger.
> Serve gingerbread with whipped cream or lemon sauce.
>

wrote:

> I'm estimating it'd cost about $27 to buy the ingredients I don't have
> according to the recipe below. Do you think it's worth it?
>

There's nothing like warm fresh gingerbread on a cold night.

And for the cost of ingredients you're getting about 6 cakes, not one.



Dawn