MY BEST GINGERBREAD
1/2 cup butter or shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon each of cinnamon & ginger
1/2 teaspoons each of cloves & salt
1 cup dark Molasses
1 cup hot water
Cream butter & Sugar, add beaten egg. Measure and sift dry ingredients. Mix molasses with hot water. Add dry ingredients, alternately with liquid a little at a time. Beat between each addition. Bake in paper lined pan 9"x9" x2", in moderate oven, 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or till toothpick comes out clean.