Used for sweetening and flavoring foods and a component of brown sugar, molasses is used in many recipes! These are the BEST recipes that use molasses!
Molasses is a food sweetener that is made from sugar cane or sugar beets. It is very thick in consistency, dark in color and bold in flavor. It is also one of the main components of brown sugar.
While most people think of molasses as being used in baking, it also used for many other reasons including savory recipes. Here are some of them:
Of course you can make a molasses cookie recipe, but you can also make gingerbread cookies. Swap dark corn syrup or honey for more flavor, add a small dollop to chocolate chip cookies or peanut butter cookies or an unexpected flavor.