INGREDIENTS
3 cups
flour
2 tsp
baking soda
1 tsp
salt
3 tsp
ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp
cinnamon
1/2 tsp
ground cloves
1/2 tsp
ground chile (I used dried guajillo chile ground in a coffee grinder)
1 1/2 sticks
butter
2
eggs
1 cup
granulated sugar
1/2 cup
light or dark brown sugar (packed)
1 cup
dark molasses
1/2 cup
good quality honey
1 1/4 cups
boiling water
1
medium pear, diced
1 tbsp
finely chopped crystallized ginger