Beyond the South End

Gingerbread Recipe

from the Nathanial Bowditch

 

This recipe came from my Nathaniel Bowditch newsletter. I thought I would share it with you. See the video below also. A trip on this schooner, which sails out of Rockland, Maine, would make a wonderful Christmas present. The captain’s wife, Cathie, was my hand therapist one summer.  I hope to sail on it one day. If you go, see if my book is still aboard. I gave them one to share with their passengers. If the video sticks, just keep hitting the center and it will come back. There is a wonderful shot of the schooner going under the Bucksport Bridge. For more information call

1-800-288-4097 or go to:

www.windjammervacation.com

This is our favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread recipe - though we do dress it up a little for our Bowditch family and passengers.   Ingredients:   1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 egg 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 cup of molasses 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 2/12 cups all purpose flour 1 cup hot water 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda   Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 inch square pan. 2. Cream together the sugar and butter. Add egg and beat well. Mix in the molasses. 3. Sift together the flour baking soda, salt, cinnnamon, ginger and clove. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, add the hot water, and mix well. 4. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for one hour. Allow to cool for one hour and serve.   To make this the "Bowditch" way - add 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped candied ginger to batter and mix well - bake as directed. You can also add 1 cup of blueberries, (fresh or frozen, doesn't much matter). And...since we are making it the "Bowditch" way, top with whipped cream - 1 cup whipping cream, add 2 tablespoons sugar add 1 tablespoon dark rum (instead of the usual vanilla). Pour a shot glass full of dark rum - drink it, you have been working hard all day and now deserve a break. Serve the "grog" whipped cream on top of the gingerbread . A true sailor's delight.