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Mini Spiced Gingerbread Loaves
I thought maybe we could make gingerbread houses, and eat cookie dough, and go ice skating, and maybe even hold hands. -Buddy The Elf
Ah, the smell of gingerbread. The spices just scream the holidays to me. But let’s face it, making homemade gingerbread is time-consuming and sometimes doesn’t come out as good as intended.
The other problem? There can be a lot of waste. Sure some the candies get eaten while it’s being made but in the end, a lot of it just sits for a while and then gets tossed.
Enter…
These mini spiced gingerbread loaves will give you all the holiday flavor and taste with less waste. Plus, these make a GREAT homemade gift!
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INGREDIENTS
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- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter softened
- ¼ cup molasses (here is a baking molasses)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Powdered sugar for dusting
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a 6 cup mini loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the brown sugar and butter until fluffy.
- Add the molasses, eggs, and vanilla to the sugar/butter and mix well.
- Next, add the milk and sour cream and beat well.
- Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and salt, and mix until well combined.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the greased mini loaf tins.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing loaves to cool on a wire rack.
- Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Yummy, right?
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START A NEW TRADITION
Maybe instead of a traditional gingerbread house, the family could work together in the kitchen to make these mini spiced gingerbread loaves to pass out to your neighbors, friends, schoolmates, co-workers, etc. They could also be decorated if you like.
If you enjoyed this recipe, we sure would appreciate a share.
Mini Spiced Gingerbread Loaves
Delicious mini spiced gingerbread loaves are a perfect way to start the holiday season and make a great gift.
Ingredients
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a 6 cup mini loaf pan and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the brown sugar and butter until fluffy.
Add the molasses, eggs, and vanilla to the sugar/butter and mix well.
Add the milk and sour cream and beat well.
Next, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and salt, and mix until well
combined.
Spoon the batter evenly into the greased mini loaf tins.
Bake for 45-50 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing loaves to cool on a wire rack.
Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
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These look so yummy!
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This is definitely happening at our house this holiday season. Gingerbread loaf is one of my favorites but I’m not 100% happy with the recipe I have. Looking forward to trying this – thank you!
Yay! Can’t wait to hear what you think.
Oh my these sound delicious and I am sure smell just as good!
Thank you Pamela. They do smell good.
Mmm! These look delicious! I am saving this recipe to Pinterest so that I can try it later.
Hope you love them. They are yummy.
I’ve added it to my cupcake board on Pinterest to try this weekend I love gingerbread thank you for the recipe just going to have to change it to metric too lol
Thank you. I hope you enjoy it
These look so good! I love that size pan! What a nice alternative to Christmas cookies!
Yes! A great alterntative.
Do you have to use baking molasses?
Just whatever molasses is in the store
Could You Make these in a Standard Size Bread Pan?
Yes you could.Just adjust the cook time
Hello! I’m trying these out in my holiday treat baskets for family this year. I was wondering how long they keep for if I make them ahead of time?
Good Morning Chelsea,
These are like a typical banana bread loaf and would have the same keep time if you will. They can easily be frozen. I hope that helps.
They would probably last about the average time. I would say best to eat within a few days.
I made these this evening! I didn’t have mini loaf pans so I used mini brioche cake pans and a jumbo muffin tin. I baked them about 25 minutes. They turned out like a cross between a cake and bread. I made a powder sugar, milk and vanilla frosting for the cakes and drizzled it over the cakes. Enjoyed the molasses taste. Would love to post a picture I took.
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Who says you can’t have your gingerbread house & eat it too? I think this recipe would work in a Nordic Ware Platinum Cozy Village Baking Pan! Makes six little village houses.
I’ll have to check that pan out. Thank you!
Could you make this with wheat flour?
Sorry for the delay in this reply:
whole wheat flour usually can’t be substituted exactly 1 to 1 as it’s such a heavier flour. I would try subbing some but not all. What you want to avoid is a dense loaf.
Can’t wait to taste these as they just came out of the oven. But the suggested time was definitely too long. Only took 25 minutes to bake!
Hope you enjoyed it. And oven temperatures seem to be as consistent as women’s pant sizes 🙂 Good to know for sure! TY
Have you made these in square muffin pan? I was thinking instead of the loaves, using my pampered chef square muffin pan.
That would probably work just fine…just adjust your cooking time.
This bread turned out fluffy and so delicious with the spices. Not as sweet as I expected but still lovely! I made mine in a regular sized loaf pan and it baked in about 45 minutes. Totally saving this one!
Glad you enjoyed it
I’m not sure what size mini pans were used in the development of this recipe, but in my standard mini pans, I barely got 4 loaves – definitely not 6. Which is disappointing because I made them to gift 6 work friends at our holiday lunch. Had to make another batch at the last minute. I’m sure they taste great, but anyone using normal 6 x 3.5 x 2 loaf pans, be warned that you’re barely going to have enough batter for four loaves. Plan on doubling the recipe if you need the 6 the recipe says it makes.
So sorry the serving size didn’t work out. We will do some more testing
This smell amazing, but the balance of ginger and sweetness is was off for me. It’s so heavily gingered that it burns the tongue.
No I would not preheat pan.
Thank you for the feedback. Ginger can be trickly as not everyone likes it and it depends on what spice and how fresh it is. We will def take that under consideration and try and do a retest.
I have a question. If baking these in little individual loaf pans would you set a baking sheet in the oven to preheat and then put the mini filled loaf pans on them to bake?