Post # 1
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Busy bee
I was discussing gingerbread cookies with three of my friends. Two of them leave out molasses from their gingerbread cookies, with one substituting with corn syrup, and the other substituting with brown sugar. However, my other cousin and myself use molasses, as do all of our moms. In many American cookbooks there seems to be molasses called for, while in other countries, molasses isn’t necessarily involved in the making of gingerbread cookies.
What about you? Must a gingerbread cookie have molasses, or do you use substitutions instead?
Post # 3
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Bumble bee
Gingerbread without molasses? What is this blasphemy?
Post # 4
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Bumble Beekeeper
- Wedding: March 2012 - Pelican Grand Beach Resort
Corn syrup is gross. I always use molasses (and brown sugar, but definitely molasses).
ETA, my favorite ginger cookies are these triple ginger cookies. OMG SO GOOD. Sometimes, I use butter instead of shortening since shortening kind of freaks me out.
Post # 5
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Busy Beekeeper
With holy cow they would taste gross without the molasses
Post # 7
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Bumble Beekeeper
Never made them without molasses.
Post # 8
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Bumble Beekeeper
Ew! Corn syrup is gross and bad for you! Molasses on the other hand, is super good for you!
Post # 9
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Bumble bee
Definitely with molasses!
Post # 10
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Bumble bee
Just made these for a cookie exchange and they are soooo goood!! I need to put them out of sight so I dont eat them before the party haha.
http://www.styleathome.com/food-and-entertaining/recipes/recipe-old-time-gingersnaps/a/28351#
Post # 11
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Sugar bee
Oh goodness, really? Corn syrup in homemade cookies?!? Never.
I’ve always used molasses in gingerbread.
