Mini Gingerbread Loaves Recipe

Assalamu Alaikum everyone!

Maryam here again! This recipe is fast becoming one of my favourites, masha'Allah. It's light and fluffy and absolutely yummy! So let's begin.

Ingredients:

2 cups plain flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsps. ground ginger

1 1/2 tsps. ground cinnamon

Zest of 1 lemon

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup soft light-brown sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 cup unsulphured molasses

1 cup milk

Method:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and place rack in centre of oven. Butter and flour a tray of mini loaf pans measuring 4 inches by 2.5 inches, with a depth of 1.5 inches.

Step 2: In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground ginger, ground cinnamon and lemon zest. Set aside.

Step 3: In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat the butter, soft light-brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy (around 2 - 3 minutes).

Step 4: Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 5: Add in the molasses. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure everything is mixed in well.

Step 6: Add the dry ingredients (in three additions) and the milk (in two additions), alternately, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Beat just until incorporated!

Step 7: Pour the batter into the prepared mini pans, levelling the tops, and bake for 22 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Step 8: Remove from oven and gently turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar for presentation!

And we are done! Masha'Allah these taste really good and are definitely a crowd pleaser. I hope you liked this recipe and that you give it a try. Until next week, insha'Allah.

Love and wasalaam,

Maryam