Recipes Featuring Molasses
- Ginger Cookies | 1 cup sugar
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter or lard
2 eggs
1 cup molasses
1 dessertspoon ginger
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 dessertspoon soda - Butter Scotch | 1 cup sugar
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 tablespoons boiling water
1/2 cup butter
- 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 - Rich Fruit Cake
3/4 lb butter
1 lb brown sugar
8 eggs
2 lbs raisins
2 lbs currants
1 lb citron chopped very fine
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 oz ground cloves
1/2 oz ground cinnamon
1/2 oz ground mace
4 cups flour
- Pork and Beans
two pounds of beans
add water
2 tablespoonfuls of molasses
1 teaspoonful of mustard
pepper and salt to taste
- Black Cake | 1 lb butter
1 lb butter
1-1/2 lbs sugar
1 Tbsp brandy
1-1/2 lbs flour
10 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately very light
4 ounces cream
4 ounces molasses
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
- Steamed Brown Bread | 1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup yellow corn meal
4 tsps baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup raisins
1 egg
1 1/3 cups sweet milk - Plum Pudding | 1 lb raisins, stoned
1 lb raisins, stoned
1 lb currants, washed & dried
1/4 lb citron, finely cut
1/2 lb sugar, sifted
1 pint breadcrumbs
1 lb beef suet, finely shredded
8 Tbsp brandy
4 Tbsp molasses
10 eggs, whit - Blue Plums for Winter Pies
Small, blue plums
Brown sugar
Molasses - Quick Christmas Fruit Cake
1 cup sifted flour
1/4 cup chocolate, ground
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
4 eggs, separated
1/2 cup molasses
1 tsp vanilla
