Taste Testing from our kitchen

Soft Gingerbread

Cooking spray

1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ground ginger

1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp coarse salt

1 large egg

1 cup molasses

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk

1/2 cup unsweetened apple butter or applesauce

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 cup golden raisins, optional

frosting

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Coat 9x13" baking pan with cooking spray.

3. Whisk next 7 ingredients together in medium bowl.

4. Place egg in large bowl, whisk until blended.

5. Add next 5 ingredients.

6. Add dry ingredients & stir until just mixed.

7. Stir in raisins.

8. Pour into pan & bake for 40 minutes.

9. Cool & frost with your favorite white frosting.

Our version:

• We don't have whole wheat pastry flour in our pantry, so used ww flour instead.
• I used pear sauce instead of apple sauce [from our homemade baby food stash]
• I cut back on the molasses from 1 cup to 1/4 cup to make the flavor more mild for the kids

Our thoughts:

• Loved it! The texture was still moist but a little heavier with the ww flour.
• Benjamin thought it had chocolate in it (since it was a dark color)...he devoured his piece!
• Just the right amount of sweetness to make it 'dessert'