Gingerbread

this stuff tastes pretty good with some vanilla or lemon icing.

½ cup oil
7½ tablespoons molasses
¾ cup milk
½ tsp salt
3¾ cups flour
1/3 tsp ground cloves
1½ tap baking soda
2/3 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon

make your temperature 350°.
mix your oil, milk & molasses. separately, mix all the rest of the stuff thoroughly, then sift them into the wet stuff. the mixture should be pretty dry, but maybe if you need to you could add a little more milk, say up to a half cup at most.
stuff the whole thing into a pan about 8" square. Bake for about 40 minutes. stick a knife in the middle. if it comes out dry, you're done. I like to butter the top when I take it out of the oven. just coat it with butter, so the top won't dry out too much.