Recipes Featuring Molasses
- Bakers' Ginger Snaps
First group:
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups cooking molasses
1 cup shortening, part butter
1 large Tbsp ginger
1 Tbsp cinnamon, ground
1 tsp cloves
Second group:
4 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp bakin - Soft Gingerbread | 3 eggs
3 eggs
4 ounces butter
2 ounces sugar
4 ounces molasses
12 ounces flour, sifted
1 Tbsp ginger
1 tsp baking soda
2 ounces sour cream - Drop Ginger Cakes | 1 lb butter
1 lb butter
2 quarts flour, packed
1 lb sugar
1 pint molasses
5 eggs
2 Tbsps ground ginger - Boston Brown Bread | 1 cup graham flour
1 cup graham flour
1 cup yellow corn meal
1 cup rye meal
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsps baking soda
Other:
2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup molasses - Fruit Cake | 1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg, well beaten
2 cups mince meat
1/2 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsps baking powder
1 cup milk
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
- Rochester Gingerbread
1/2 cup beef drippings
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup sour milk
1 cup molasses
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoon ginger
- Mince Pie I
4 pounds lean beef
2 pounds beef suet
Baldwin apples
3 quinces
3 pounds sugar
2 cups molasses
2 quarts cider
4 pounds raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
3 pounds currants
1/2 pound finely cut - Soft Gingerbread | 1 cup butter
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 cups molasses
4 eggs, beaten light
5 cups flour
1 Tbsp ginger
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a little milk or cream
- Baked Pork & Beans
2 quarts white beans
5-6 slices of bacon
1 Tbsp molasses
1/2 tsp baking soda
- Orange Gingerbread
2 1/4 lbs flour
3/4 lb light brown sugar
1 ounce ground ginger
1 ounce allspice
6 ounces candied orange peel, cut small
3/4 lb butter
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