Molasses Recipes

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Smoked Prime Rib

Gabriel H. Sanchez, Dennis Sanchez

About 16 hours

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Spice Bun

Brigid Washington

3 1/4 hours

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Brown Bread

Clare de Boer, Darina Allen, Ballymaloe House, Ireland

1 hour 40 minutes

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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake

Yossy Arefi

1 hour 35 minutes

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Gingerbread Blondies

Melissa Clark

45 minutes, plus cooling

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Figgy Pudding

Naz Deravian

At least 3 weeks

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Skillet Gingerbread Cake With Apple Butter

Dorie Greenspan

1 hour, plus cooling

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Sweet and Spicy Pan-Seared Pork Chops

Ali Slagle

30 minutes

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Gingerbread Latte Cookies

Vaughn Vreeland

35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling

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Peach and Molasses Chicken

Nicole Taylor

About 1 hour

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Gingerbread Sheet Cake With Whipped Chocolate Ganache

Yossy Arefi

1 hour, plus cooling and resting

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Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

Sohla El-Waylly

35 minutes, plus 2½ hours’ chilling

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Chocolate-Cherry Ginger Cookies

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes

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Fresh Ginger Cake

Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz

1 1/2 hours

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Molasses Ginger Cake

David Tanis

1 hour, plus cooling

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Triple-Ginger Muffins

Lidey Heuck

35 minutes, plus cooling

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Mulling-Spice Cake With Cream-Cheese Frosting

Dorie Greenspan, Tara Bench

2 3/4 hours

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Mini Gingerbread Houses

Erin Jeanne McDowell

About 1 1/2 hours, plus chilling and assembling

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Bademjan Kebab

Leena Trivedi-Grenier, Hanif Sadr

1 3/4 hours

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Spice-Rubbed Baby Back Ribs With Chipotle-Bourbon BBQ Sauce

Steven Raichlen

2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours

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Golden Ginger Cake

Alison Roman

1 hour

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Walnut Pie With Molasses and Orange

Clare de Boer

About 2 hours, plus chilling and cooling

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BBQ Country-Style Pork Ribs

David Tanis

3 hours

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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies

Alison Roman

About 40 minutes

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Roasted Chicken Thighs With Peanut Butter BBQ Sauce

Kay Chun

40 minutes

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Triple Ginger Skillet Cake

Erin Jeanne McDowell

70 minutes

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Gingerbread House

Julia Moskin, Bill Yosses

2 hours, plus resting

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Gingerbread Cheesecake

Yossy Arefi

About 1 hour 45 minutes plus cooling and chilling

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Sugarplum Gingerbread Cake

Tejal Rao, Genevieve Ko

30 minutes, plus baking/cooling

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Pumpkin Sheet Cake With Molasses Cream-Cheese Frosting

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes, plus cooling

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Seeded Molasses Whole-Wheat Dinner Rolls

David Tanis, Uri Scheft

3 hours, plus overnight rising

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Spiced Pecan Date Shortbread Bars

David Tanis

1 hour

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Boston Baked Beans

Pete Wells, Jasper White

3 to 4 hours, plus overnight soaking of beans

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Boston Brown Bread

Jeff Gordinier

About 2 hours

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Shoofly Pie

Sara Bonisteel

45 minutes

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Puritan Pudding

Ligaya Mishan, George Crowther

1 hour 15 minutes

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Baked Beans

Sam Sifton

About 6 1/2 hours, plus at least 6 hours’ soaking time

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Laurie Colwin’s Gingerbread

The New York Times, Laurie Colwin

45 minutes

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Gluten-Free Cornmeal Molasses Muffins

Martha Rose Shulman

About 45 minutes

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Anne Severson’s Gingersnaps

Anne Severson

45 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ resting and cooling

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Grammy’s Spice Cookies

Melissa Clark, Claire Will

1 hour

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Bean-Hole Baked Beans

John Willoughby

About 10 hours, mostly unattended

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Winter Squash and Molasses Muffins

Martha Rose Shulman

2 hours 15 minutes

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Rye Pecan Pie

Julia Moskin, Diner

2 hours

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Ginger Gingerbread

Tara Parker-Pope, Blackbird Bakery

1 hour 30 minutes

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Louisiana Gingerbread (Stage Planks or Mule Bellies)

Julia Moskin, Kim Severson, Mary Land

30 minutes

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Dark Molasses Gingerbread With Whipped Cream

Kim Severson, Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock

1 hour

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Blondell's Barbecue Sauce

Dena Kleiman, "Real Barbecue"

30 minutes

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