This Gingerbread Loaf is everything you love about the holidays—warm spices, deep molasses flavor, and a soft, incredibly moist crumb. It’s an easy, classic recipe made with simple ingredients and perfect for Christmas morning, holiday gifting, or enjoying with a cup of cocoa. This loaf uses a blend of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice for that cozy, nostalgic gingerbread flavor. The buttermilk keeps it tender and moist, and you can bake it as one large loaf or into mini loaves for gifting. If you want a foolproof holiday quick bread that fills the whole house with Christmas aroma, this gingerbread loaf is the one to make!

Robyn on The Farm’s

Old Fashioned Gingerbread Loaf

Ingredients

·       1/2 cup softened butter (113 g)

·       1/2 cup packed brown sugar (100 g)

·       1/2 cup molasses (170 g)

·       2 large eggs (100 g total)

·       1 teaspoon vanilla extract (4 g)

·       2 cups all-purpose flour (240 g) (or 240 g fresh milled soft white)

·       1 teaspoon baking soda (5 g)

·       1/2 teaspoon salt (3 g)

·       2–3 teaspoons ground ginger (4–6 g)
(2 tsp for mild, 3 tsp for bold ginger flavor)

·       1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (2.6 g)

·       1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (1 g)

·       1/4 teaspoon cloves (0.5 g)

·       1/4 teaspoon allspice (0.5 g)

·       1 cup buttermilk (240 g)
OR:
• 4 Tbsp buttermilk powder + 1 cup (240 g) water
• 1 cup milk (240 g) + 1 Tbsp (15 g) vinegar or lemon juice

Instructions

1.    Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8.5×4.5-inch or 9×5-inch loaf pan.

2.    Using a mixer, cream butter (113 g) and brown sugar (100 g).

3.    Add molasses, eggs, and vanilla and mix well.

4.    Add flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice.

5.    Start the mixer and slowly pour in the buttermilk. Mix until just combined — a few lumps are okay.

6.    Pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

7.    For mini loaves, bake 25–35 minutes.

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*If you're looking for an alternative to plastic bread bags, our beeswax bread bags are a healthy way to store your bread! They are reusable, made of 100% cotton, infused with organic beeswax and coconut oil, naturally antibacterial to keep your bread from molding, and handmade by me and my daughters on our family farm!