Gingerbread

We-especially David-love to eat this-especially around Christmas
Mix:
3 C. Wheat flour
2 tsp each cinnamon & ginger
1 tsp each baking soda & baking powder

Blend & Add:
1 C. water
2 eggs
¾ c. each honey & applesauce
¼ c. oil
½ c. molasses (or blackstrap molasses)

Mix with beaters on high speed for 2 min. (or by hand). Pour in mini loaf pans or sheet cake pan-sprinkle chopped walnuts on top. Bake 25-30 min. If using muffin tins, bake 15-20 min. Bake @ 350. Cool 10 min. Eat plain or with applebutter (see “Audrey’s Pancakes” recipe) or lemon sauce (see below).

Lemon Sauce
STIR thoroughly: ½ c. evaporated can juice (sweetener), 1 Tbl each cornstarch & arrowroot, ½ tsp finely grated lemon peel. ADD: ¾ c. water, 3 Tbl lemon juice. COOK & STIR til thick & bubbly. Remove from heat. STIR IN 3 tsp butter.

--Charity James