Walnut Molasses Bars
A dish built around butter and lard.
contains glutencontains dairycontains nutscontains meat
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 60 ml butter
- 60 ml lard
- 60 ml boiling water
- 120 ml brown sugar
- 120 ml molasses
- 5 ml soda
- 710 ml flour
- 7 ml ginger
- 2 ml grated nutmeg
- 1 ml clove
- 5 ml salt
- Chopped walnut meat
Make it lactose-friendly
- ¼ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
Steps
- Pour water over butter and lard, then add sugar, molasses mixed with soda, flour, salt, and spices. Chill thoroughly, roll one-fourth inch thick, cut in strips three and one-half inches long by one and one-half inches wide. Sprinkle with nut meat and bake ten minutes.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 450 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 5.6 g |
| Fat | 14.5 g |
| Carbs | 74.4 g |
| Fiber | 1.5 g |
| Sodium | 352 mg |
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States