How to make the best gingerbread using a bread machine!
The combination of molasses, ginger and cinnamon combined with a brown butter frosting makes this spicy gingerbread loaf the perfect holiday treat. Using your bread machine to make this delicious moist gingerbread, this recipe couldn't be any easier!
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Canola oil or vegetable oil
- 2 eggs lightly whisked
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp all-spice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
Brown Butter Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter 1 stick
- 4 cups of powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp of milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- chopped pecans for topping!
Instructions
- Start by adding your wet ingredients to the bread pan in the order listed above. Dry ingredients go last. (Don't forget to add your paddle attachment to the bottom of the pan)
- After you have added your ingredients to the bread machine pan, you will add the pan back into the bread machine and select the setting for non-yeasted breads on your bread machine.
- Setting Tips On my bread maker, this setting is called the “cake” setting, but it may be called something like quick bread, sweet bread on yours. Just make sure it is the setting that does not require yeast. It is best to check your bread machine manual to be sure on the specific setting you should use for non yeast breads.
- Once your bread machine is done baking the gingerbread loaf, use oven mitts or these post holders to remove the bread pan from the machine and place the pan on a cutting board to cool down and 'finish baking' for the next 10 minutes.
- After the gingerbread has cooled down, carefully turn your gingerbread onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- While the gingerbread is cooling completely, we will make our brown butter frosting!
- Start by melting your butter in a large sauce pan over medium heat until golden brown and bubbling, 3-5 minutes. Careful not to walk away, brown butter can burn fast. Once you see tiny brown bits, remove the butter from heat and whisk in powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract.
- Spread the brown butter frosting onto the completely cooled gingerbread loaf. Then, top with chopped pecans (or walnuts)
- Serve and Enjoy!