Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

This is a wonderful easy holiday favorite.  It can be served with whipped cream topping.  I got the recipe from allrecipes.com.

Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients:

1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot water

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).  Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan.

2.  In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter.  Beat in the egg and mix in the molasses.

3.  In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.  Blend into the creamed mixture.  Stir in the hot water.  Pour into the prepared pan.

4.  Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.  Allow to cool in pan before serving.

Enjoy!

Cranberry Meatballs

This is a wonderful recipe that I made for my cookie exchange.  I admit that I cheated and used premade meatballs but I will definitely make it again using the actual meatball recipe.  The recipe was sent to me by a FB friend.  Thank you, Miss C!

Cranberry Meatballs

Meatballs:

½ cup cream (or beer)

1 1/2 cups fine breadcrumbs

1 lb. each lean ground beef and ground pork

1 medium onions finely chopped

2 eggs

1-1/2 tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

¼ tsp nutmeg

¼ tsp allspice

Mix all ingredients together and form into balls.  Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 20 mins., then turn pan (not the meatballs) and cook for 10 more.  When cool, meatballs can be frozen.

Sauce:

1 can whole berry cranberry sauce

1 large bottle chili sauce

1 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tsp dry mustard

In a crock pot mix all ingredients together, turn on low heat and add meatballs.  Cook all day on low.

Enjoy!