Old-fashioned molasses cookies can remind you of Mom's gingerbread cookies.The most common forms of molasses are made from either sugar cane or sugar beet juice which is boiled down to a syrup. Sugar crystals are extracted from the syrup, and the remaining dark liquid is molasses. Molasses can also be made from sorghum,

Molasses combines well with the sweet aromatics such as cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.  Start looking for reviving those traditional pioneer recipes from the first signs of fall.

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