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Isn't "gingerbread" more like a cookie than bread? Why would they call it "gingerbread"?

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Rebecca

Yes. "Gingerbread" is more of a cookie than it is a bread, depending on how it is made. The word "gingerbread" actually derived from Old French meaning preserved ginger. It may have been called "gingerbread" because breadcrumbs used to be used to make it. Throughout the years it then became the gingerbread that we know today, made of honey, cinnamon, cloves, and of course ginger!

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