Recipes Featuring Molasses
- Graham Biscuits
2 cups graham flour
1 cup corn meal
1/2 molasses
1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon soda
3 tablespoons butter
buttermilk - Fruit Cake | 3 lbs dry flour
3 lbs dry flour
3 tsps baking powder
1 lb butter
1 lb sugar
3 lbs stoned raisins
2 lbs currants
3/4 lb almonds, blanched
1 lb citron, sliced
12 eggs, beaten very lightly
1 Tbsp allspice
1 ts - Old-Fashioned Ginger Snaps
1 cup shortening
1 cup molasses
2 cups brown sugar
1 tablespoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon soda, scant
2 eggs, beaten
6 cups flour, about
- Farmer's Fruit Cake
3 cups dried apples
2 cups molasses
2 tsp powdered cinnamon
2 tsp cloves
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup raisins, stoned & chopped
2 eggs, beaten light
Juice of 1 lemon
Rind of 1 lemon, grated - Coffee Cake | 1 cup butter
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
4 cups flour
1 cup cold, strong coffee
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a spoonful of hot water
2 tsp cream of tartar
4 eggs
1 tsp cloves
1-1/2 tsp cinn - Soft Gingerbread | 2 cups sugar
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup milk
1 cup molasses
3 cups flour
3 eggs
1 Tbsp ginger
1/2 tsp baking soda
- Mince Pie, No.1 | 4 lbs lean beef, boiled and finely chopped
4 lbs lean beef, boiled and finely chopped
8 lbs green tart apples, chopped
1 lb suet, chopped
3 lbs raisins, seeded
2 lbs currants, washed and dried
1/2 lb citron, finely cut
1 lb brown sugar
- Drop Ginger Cakes | 1 pint molasses
1 pint molasses
4 ounces sugar
4 ounces butter
4 eggs, beaten light
2 Tbsp ginger
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp baking soda, dissolved in 2 ounces of hot water
Flour
- Pumpkin Pie | 2 1/2 cups pumpkin, cooked
2 1/2 cups pumpkin, cooked
2 cups milk
2 eggs
1 tablespoon molasses
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
Sugar to taste - Plum Cake
2 pounds raisins
2 pounds currants
1 pound brown sugar
1/2 pound blanched almonds
1/4 pound citron, sliced
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/4 pound lemon peel
1 cup molasses
1/2 pound butter
6 eggs
1/2 c
