Holiday Potpourri

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp whole Jamaican allspice

2 Tbsp whole cloves

1 sliced orange (dried if giving as gift)

2 bay leaves

2 1/2 inch sticks of cinnamon

Directions:

Empty into 2 quarts of water and bring to a boil.  Then reduce to simmer and add more water as needed.  This mix should last for several days.

Recipe from Shalana Robinson for Grove Creek 4th Ward's Super Saturday.

Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1 large egg
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup hot water

Directions:
Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.  Gradually add sugar; beat well.  Add molasses and egg; beat well.  Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with hot water, beginning and ending with flour mixture.  Mix at low speed after each addition until blended.  Pour batter into a light greased and floured 13 x 9 inch pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.  cool slightly in pan on a wire rack.  Yields 15 serving.

Recipe from The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook.