Editing Gingerbread (section)

{{Short description|Spiced dough used for baking}}
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|main_ingredient = [[Ginger root]], [[honey]] or [[molasses]]
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[[File:Lebkuchenmännchen.jpg|thumb|Decorated gingerbread man]]
'''Gingerbread''' refers to a broad category of [[baked goods]], typically flavored with [[ginger root|ginger]], [[cloves]], [[nutmeg]], and [[cinnamon]] and sweetened with [[honey]], [[sugar]], or [[molasses]]. Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a moist loaf cake to forms nearly as crisp as a [[ginger snap]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPNgBwAAQBAJ|date=1 April 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-931362-4}}</ref>