Recipes Featuring Molasses
- Dried Apple Fruit Cake
3 cups dried apples
3 cups molasses
3 cups flour
1 cup butter
3 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup raisins, seedless if possible (optional)
Spices to taste (optional) - Sour Cream Gingerbread | 1 egg
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons soda
3 teaspoons ginger
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
- Popcorn Nuggets
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup water
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/3 cup dark molasses
2 Tbsps butter
Few grains salt
5 qts popcorn - Sweet Tomato Pickle | 1 gallon green tomatoes, sliced
1 gallon green tomatoes, sliced
Salt
2 green peppers
2-4 onions, sliced
2 quarts cider vinegar
1/2 pint molasses
2 Tbsps mustard
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cloves
- To Cure Beef for Drying
28-30 lbs beef
1 Tbsp saltpetre
1 quart salt
Molasses - Caramels | 2 cups molasses
2 cups molasses
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup cream or milk
butter size of an egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
- Graham Bread | 2 cups hot liquid (water, or milk and water)
2 cups hot liquid (water, or milk and water)
1/2 cup molasses
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 yeast cake dissolved in
1/4 cup lukewarm water
3 cups flour
3 cups Graham Flour
- Mock Plum Pudding
2 cups stale cake crumbs
1/4 cup milk
1 egg, well beaten
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup stewed prunes, chopped
3/4 cup raisins, chopped
2 tsps mixed spices
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp - Indian Custard Pudding
7 heaping Tbsp Indian meal
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter
4 ounces molasses
2 tsp ginger or cinnamon
1 quart boiling milk
4 ounces cold water
- Taffy
2 cups sugar
2 cups molasses
1 cup butter
1/2 lemon rind
