Soft, moist, and intensely flavoured Christmas Gingerbread Loaves tastes just like the holidays! Made with molasses, deeply spiced and drizzled with maple glaze, your kids will love baking (and eating) this festive treat.
Full of fragrant Christmas spices like ginger, mixed spice and cinnamon and deep dark rich molasses, these Christmas Gingerbread Loaves (or muffins) are the epitome of festive cheer. These little Christmas loaves are simple to prepare, needing just one bowl, a little whisking & voilà – you’re ready to bake! Whilst in the oven though, be prepared to be transported to Christmas heaven as these gorgeously golden darlings smell AMAZING.
The caramel coloured batter is not only luscious (& a breeze to prepare) but contains thick Greek yoghurt which helps to create the most tender, moist gingerbread crumb ever.
By themselves, these loaves are perfect but with a little maple spiked icing draped over each loaf they’re taken to even higher levels of festive deliciousness. My little ones (& hubby) gobbled up these loaves, paying extra care & attention to the sweet drizzle. These Christmas Gingerbread Loaves make the perfect Yuletide treat.
This recipe is simple enough to bake with kids, is freezer-friendly and can be baked as muffins!
To create your own gorgeously fragrant Christmas Gingerbread Loaves follow these simple steps…
Begin by preheating your oven to 180 degrees celsius (350 F) and grease a 12 hole loaf tin. Set aside.
Place the eggs, yoghurt, oil, molasses, vanilla bean paste and rapadura sugar into a large bowl and whisk to combine.
Sift over the flour, baking powder, ground ginger, cinnamon and mixed spice.
Whisk to combine.
Evenly divide the mixture between the prepared tin (this recipe makes 10 mini loaves or 12 muffins) and bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden and when a skewer inserted removes cleanly.
Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before placing on a wire rack to cool completely.
Place the icing sugar and maple syrup into a small bowl and mix to combine.
Once the loaves are cool drizzle each with a little maple icing. Enjoy.
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christmas gingerbread loaves
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 10 mini loaves 1x
Description
Soft, moist, and intensely flavoured Christmas Gingerbread Loaves tastes just like the holidays! Made with molasses, deeply spiced and drizzled with maple glaze, your kids will love this festive treat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (250 ml) greek (or natural) yoghurt
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup (190 ml) lightly flavoured olive oil
- 1/2 cup (110 grams) rapadura sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) molasses
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste (or extract)
- 2 cups (300 grams) plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon ginger, ground
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice, ground
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- 1/2 cup (70 grams) icing (confectioners) sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius (350 F) and grease a 12 hole mini loaf (or muffin) pan. Set aside.
- Place the yoghurt, eggs, olive oil, sugar, molasses and vanilla bean paste into a large bowl and whisk to combine.
- Sift in the flour, baking powder, ginger, mixed spice and cinnamon and whisk to combine.
- Evenly divide the batter between 10 mini loaf moulds (or muffin pan).
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden and when a skewer inserted removes cleanly.
- Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before placing the loaves on a wire rack to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, place the icing sugar and maple syrup into a small bowl and whisk to combine – the mixture should be thick yet runny enough to drizzle – add more maple syrup if needed.
- Once cooled, drizzle each loaf with a little of the maple icing. Enjoy.
Notes
Loaves are best kept in an air tight container in the fridge. Will keep for 3-4 days.
Loaves are freezer friendly. Store in an air tight container or zip lock bag. Will keep for 3 months.
This recipe can be baked as muffins.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Christmas
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
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I’m curious I’m not a big fan of yogurt but the receipt sounds great and would love to try it what could I substitute yogurt for.