Making Sweet Treats With Molasses
Molasses is a thick, sticky liquid sweetener made from refining sugarcane or sometimes sugar beets. I’ve always loved the taste of molasses. When I was a child, my mother would sometimes let me eat a spoonful of it from a jar (we didn’t get many sweets). Of course, I like it in baked beans and molasses cookies, too. There are different types of molasses depending on the amount of time it’s refined. INFORMATION BELOW FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS: MOLASSES CANDY Boil…