Gingerbread Recipe

1 1/2 cup water
1 cup date sugar, *
4 tbsp margarine, softened
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
2 cup unbleached flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 large egg, slightly beaten
1 butter-flavored cooking spray

*Date sugar can be found at Health Food Stores. Preheat oven to 350
degrees. In a heavy saucepan water and date sugar for 5 minutes. Cool. In
a baking powder, baking soda, and egg. Mix until just blended. Pour batter
into 9" square baking pan lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Bake for 24
to 35 minutes or until gingerbread pulls away from pan and springs back
when touched. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer cake to a wire rack to
continue cooling. Cut into 1 1/2" squares. Food Exchange per serving: 1
STARCH/BREAD EXCHANGE; CAL: 84; PRO: 2g; CAR: 16g; FAT: 2g; CHO: 9mg; SOD:
71gm;

Source: The Joslin Diabetes Grormet Cookbook by Bonnie Sander & Frances
Tower Giedi

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Serves: 25

Is this Gingerbread Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Gingerbread recipe is part of our category covering diabetic Bread recipes. As we don`t know your particular medical issues and the guidelines your doctors have given you, we we cannot say whether this Gingerbread recipe is safe for you. Be that as it may, as the original compiler labelled it as `diabetic` it hopefully indicates that it, if nothing else, complies with the minimum consideration for the tag `diabetic friendly`, being low in carbs and fat, and should be better for your health than a typical non-diabetic recipe. Despite that, this Gingerbread recipe should only be used if you understand your own condition and are happy that the recipe ingredients are appropriate for you.

This Gingerbread Recipe comes from our diabetic Bread recipes section. Obviously, it is totally out of the question for us to prepare each of the diabetic Bread recipes to warrant that all of them are totally OK for people with diabetes. There are in excess of 2000 diabetic recipes in it, and to cook them all at 7 recipes per week would occupy us for nearly six years. We strongly urge you to check the recipe content with due care to verify that all of them are compatible with the dietary advice your nutritionalist has given you. In the event that you suspect that this Gingerbread recipe is not appropriate, then please let us know and we will remove the recipe concerned from our diabetic recipe collection.

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