Ingredients
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2 cups flour, sifted
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1 teaspoon cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon ginger
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup shortening
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1 cup white sugar, plus
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3 tablespoons white sugar
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1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in
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1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup sour milk
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4 tablespoons molasses
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1 cup fresh blueberries, washed, stemmed and dried
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1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Sift the flour, cinnamon, ginger and salt, set aside.
- Cream the butter and 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg.
- Add add the sifted ingredients alternating with the soda-buttermilk mixture.
- Always begin and end with dry.
- Stir in molasses, then fold in the blueberries gently.
- Spoon batter into well greased and floured 9 x 9 x 2" pan.
- Sprinkle remaining sugar on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45- 50 minutes.