Recipes Featuring Molasses
- Apple Indian Pudding
1 cup Indian meal
1 cup molasses
A little ginger and nutmeg
2 quarts milk
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons butter
1 quart apples, pared and quartered (not too sour)
- Steamed Bread Pudding
1 pint bread crumbs
1 cup molasses
1 cup hot water poured on the bread
1 cup flour
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 egg
Spices to taste
- Soft Ginger Bread
1 large tablespoon butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1/2 teaspoon each, ginger, cinnamon, cloves
2 teaspoons soda in 1 cup hot water
2 1/2 cups flour
2 well beaten eggs
- York Cake
1 pound of sugar
5 eggs
1 teacupful of lard
1 pint of molasses
1 tablespoonful of soda
1 cupful of milk
1 cupful of ginger
Flour - Ginger Cake (Without Eggs)
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup molasses
5 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoon ginger
A little cloves if liked
- Ormskirk Gingerbread
1 cup butter (heaped)
1 cup brown sugar (heaped)
1 tablespoon ginger (heaped)
5 level cups flour
1/2 nutmeg (grated)
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup citron (cut fine)
- Vernon Cakes
1 heaping cup butter
1 heaping cup sugar
2 cups molasses
1 cup milk
4 eggs
2 teaspoons soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 nutmeg grated
- Smoked Beef
12-14 lbs beef
1 pint salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup molasses
1/2 tsp saltpetre, pounded
Bran - Beer - Made with Hops
10 ounces of hops
1 pint of molasses
1 gallon of water
Green sage - Boiled Indian Pudding
1 quart milk
Indian meal
1 tsp salt
4 ounces suet, chopped
1 Tbsp sugar or molasses
2 eggs, beaten light
1 cup raisins, seeded (optional)
1 Tbsp flour
