Gingerbread

Ingredients

125 ml molasses

250g sugar

125g butter

125 ml hot water

300 g flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp nutmeg

2 tsp grated fresh ginger

1 egg beaten

1. Heat the molasses, sugar and butter gently in a pan.
2. Pour in the hot water, mix well, and set aside.
3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, then add the grated ginger and the well beaten egg.
4. Combine the molasses liquid for the flour mixture, and pour the resulting batter into a shallow tin lined with greased paper.
5. Bake in a slow oven at 150°C of Gas mark 2 for 1 hour, or until done.