Recipes Featuring Molasses
- Rich Coffee Cake
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tablespoons molasses
1 cup cold boiled coffee
3 3/4 cups flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/2 teaspoons mace
1/2 teas - Christmas Cookies | 1 quart molasses
1 quart molasses
1 pint sour cream
1 pound each light brown sugar, raisins, currants
3 tablespoons melted lard
1/4 pound each of citron, lemon peel, orange peel, almonds
1 teaspoon each of allspi - Prune Pudding | 1/2 a loaf stale bread
1/2 a loaf stale bread
1 pound prunes
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup molasses
Rind and juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon of butter
4 eggs - Ginger Snaps | 1 lb flour
1 lb flour
1/2 lb brown sugar
1/4 lb butter & lard, mixed
1/2 pint molasses
1 Tbsp ginger
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
Orange peel, grated
Flour
- Apple Pudding | 1 pint milk
1 pint milk
1/2 pint Indian meal
4 ounces molasses
Salt
6 apples, pared, cored & cut in thin slices
Butter
- Peanut Candy | 2 cups molasses
2 cups molasses
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon vinegar
- Rye and Corn Bread
1 quart rye meal or rye flour
2 quarts Indian meal
1/2 cup molasses
2 tsps salt
4 ounces yeast
1 tsp baking soda
- English Rolled Wafers I (Brandy Wafers)
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour (scant)
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ginger
- Old Fashioned Dried Fruit Cake
1 cup dried apples
1 cup prunes, stoned
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 cups currants
3/4 cup raisins, seeded & quartered
1/4 tsp baking soda, dissolved in 2 tsps - Blackberry Pudding
3 cups flour
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp salt
A little cloves
A little cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a little of the milk
1 quart blackberries, floured
