MAPLE GINGERBREAD

1 cup sour cream
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup Butter, melted
1 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup Sour Cream
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Stir sour cream into eggs, add butter, syrup and sugar. Add sifted dry ingredients gradually; mix well.

Cover bottom of a greased, 9-inch square cake pan with wax paper (or flour it) and pour in batter.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes in moderate oven (350 degrees F). Turn heat off and leave gingerbread in oven 5 more minutes.

Cut in serving pieces while still hot. Delicious topped with sour cream and apple sauce.

Servings: 9 to 12
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe booklet: Quality Non Better Recipes, Quality Dairy Co., Inc., Missouri, 1954