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06/05/2011 National Gingerbread Day Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread

Source of Recipe

Taste Of Home


Recipe Introduction

You can take one more nostalgic look back at winter before the summer heat begins by celebrating National Gingerbread Day on June 5. In addition to baking your favorite gingerbread treats, celebrate the day with new recipes and lore about gingerbread.

List of Ingredients

HOME COOKIN’



Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread


1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 large apples, peeled and sliced

GINGERBREAD
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup hot tea


Recipe



Pour butter into a 9-in. square baking pan; sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange apples cut side up in a single layer over sugar; set aside.

For gingerbread, in a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in molasses. Combine dry ingredients; add to sugar mixture alternately with hot tea, beating well after each.

Pour over apples. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm. Yield: 9 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 piece) equals 417 calories, 16 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 64 mg cholesterol, 447 mg sodium, 66 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.