with the sweetness of allspice, every bite will remind you of spice cake and gingerbread people.

• 1 cup water
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup skim milk powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. packed brown sugar
• 2 tbsp. molasses
• 1 tbsp. shortening
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ground cloves.
• 1 1/2 tsp. bread-machine yeast.

• measure ingredients into baking pan
• insert pan into the oven chamber
• select sweet cycle.

• i use margarine instead of shortening
• variation: try this recipe with 1 cup (250ml) raisins added at the "add ingredients" signal.