My Weekend - New, Old and Redo’s

I recommend all…….

New

Best Ever Ginger Bread by Mary Leffingwell of G Bar M Ranch, Montana

1 cup sugar

1 cup oil

1 cup molasses

2 eggs

2 tsp of baking soda in 1 cup of boiling water

2 ½ cups flour

1 tsp ginger

½ tsp cinnamon

½ tsp cloves

Mix well in large bowl - (per Beth I just hand mixed)

Bake in a 9 x 12 greased pan at 350 degrees - (per Beth I used salted butter to grease the pan)

Or

(Per Beth - I baked it at 400 degrees for 10  minutes and then at 350 for 20 more minutes - made the corners and top a tiny bit crunchy.)

Mary Leffingwell suggests serving with applesauce and whipped cream but since we didn't have any  - we decided a scoop of Whit's vanilla ice cream (or vanilla Hagen Daz would work) was the perfect match!

Old

Started thinking about music that I’ve listened to over the years, Here are two that I absolutely love - YouTube them or download to your Ipod- well worth it.

Ooh Ooh Child by Valerie Carter- from her 1977 Stone’s Throw Away album produced by Lowell George

County Line by Pousette -Dart Band

Redo

I just reread one of my favorite books of 2010, “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. Even better the second time around - fantastic dialogue, sweet premise, lovely funny story.