Ingredients

• 1 cup (100 g) - flour ( all-purpose flour / plain flour /maida)
• 1 tsp - baking powder
• 1 tsp - dried ginger powder
• 1 tsp - cinnamon powder
• 1 pinch - salt
• 75 g - cooking butter
• 75 g - soft brown sugar
• 25 g - thick jaggery, melted and sieved
• 2 tbsp - candied peel, finely chopped

How to Make Grasmere Gingerbread or Cinnamon - Gingerbread

• Preheat the oven at 350 degree F or 180 degree C.
• Sieve flour with baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder and dried ginger powder. Sieve twice.
• Mix sieved flour with soft cooking butter.
• Rub in the butter, till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Finally mix with brown sugar, thick jaggery and chopped candied peel.
• Grease a baking dish (square shape) with 1 tsp of butter and dust with 2 tsps of flour (sprinkle about 2 tsps of flour inside a cake pan and shake, to coat all greased surface. Turn pan upside down to tap out the excess flour ) or greased butter paper.
• Spread the mixture over the base of the prepared baking dish and press down firmly, with a flat spatula.
• Bake at 180 degree C or 350 degree F for 30 - 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre, comes out clean and also it leaves from the sides of the pan / brown colour.
• Cool for a while, before turning out onto a wire rack.
• Keep aside to cool, for 25 minutes and cut into slices or desired shapes.
• To cut the ginger cinnamon bread into very thin slices, warm the bread knife a little, before slicing the bread.
• Recipe Courtesy: Niya's World