Gingerbread — Robert St. John

Ingredients

• 1 stick unsalted butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 1 /2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 /2 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 cup apple, peeled, cut into small dice
• 1 /4 tsp cinnamon
• 1 /2 cup hard cider
• 1 1 /2 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 1 /2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 /4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup hard cider