Gingerbread Crunch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box light or dark brown sugar
1 1/2 sticks margarine (semi-soft)
2 c. unsifted flour
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves or allspice
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. soda
2 eggs, beaten
1 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening.
Add flour and cut into sugar and shortening mixture with fork.
Set aside 1 cup of this mixture. To rest, add the spices, soda and eggs; mix all until moist.
Stir in lightly the buttermilk.
Pour into an ungreased 13 x 9-inch pan and sprinkle on top the previously set aside cup of sugar, shortening and flour mixture.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Do not overbake.