Gingerbread Brownies
Christmas All Through the House
Better Homes and Gardens Books

Yield: 24 brownies


1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. ground cloves
¼ cup butter, melted and cooled
⅓ cup molasses
2 eggs
Confectioner's sugar

Preheat oven to 350o. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and cloves in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, combine melted butter, molasses and eggs. add to flour mixture, stir until combined. Do not beat (the batter will be thick). Spread batter in a greased 13-inch-by-9-inch baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool on wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar. Cut into squares.
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