Recipes Featuring Molasses
- Ginger Cookies | 1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup molasses
1 egg, well-beaten
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sour milk or buttermilk
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
- Risen Gingerbread
2 lbs flour
1 lb brown sugar
1 lb butter
6 eggs
1/2 pint molasses
3 ounces ginger
- Buckwheat Cakes | 2 cups buckwheat
2 cups buckwheat
1/2 cup corn meal or white flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 yeast cake
1/4 cup lukewarm water
2 cups warm water
1 teaspoon soda - Gingerbread | 1/3 cup shortening
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup molasses, heated not boiled
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups waffle flour
1/2 cup milk
1/4 tsp ginger - Black Cake | 3 cups molasses
3 cups molasses
1 cup butter
1 cup cream
4 eggs
6 cups flour
1 Tbsp ginger
1 tsp baking soda
- Rochester Jelly Cake
First group:
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup milk
2 heaping cups flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp molasses
Second Group:
1/2 cup raisins or currants, cho - Caramel
4 cups of brown sugar
2 cups New Orleans molasses
1/2 cup of milk
2 cup Baker's chocolate (grated)
Butter
Vanilla flavor - Boston Brown Bread | 2 cups sour milk
2 cups sour milk
1 cup sweet milk
1/2 cup molasses
1 teaspoon soda.
2 cups Indian meal
2 cups graham flour
1 teaspoon salt - Fruit Cake by Measure
8 ounces butter
3 cups dark brown sugar
6 eggs, separated
1 lb raisins, seeded
1 lb currants, washed and dried
1/2 lb citron, cut in thin strips
1/2 cup cooking molasses
1/2 cup sour milk
1/2 - Soft Gingerbread | 1 cup molasses
1 cup molasses
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter & lard, mixed
1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
2 eggs
3 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a little milk
2 tsp cinnamon
1-1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp c
