Orange Sauce for Gingerbread

Name: Orange Sauce for Gingerbread
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes about 1 3/4 cups)
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups, fresh orange juice (from 4 oranges), plus 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest from 1 orange; 1/2 cup, granulated sugar; 4 teaspoons, cornstarch; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon, lemon juice from 1 small lemon

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1995

Desserts or Baked Goods

Citrus complements gingerbread spices. This orange sauce offers a refreshing change from the more traditional lemon-flavored sauce.

SERVES8 (Makes about 1 3/4 cups)

TIME15 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In our old-fashioned gingerbread recipe, we used milk rather than hot water (which many recipes call for) for a richer, moister cake. We sweetened our gingerbread recipe with a combination of light unsulfured molasses and white sugar, and u...

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