Brer Rabbit Molasses Sugar Cookies - Brer Rabbit Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is Brer Rabbit molasses good for? ›

Our Full Flavor Molasses is more concentrated and has a darker color, and is used in cookies, pies, cakes and glazes. It makes your baked goods great!

Molasses cookies have that nice crackly top for a few reasons: the molasses makes them spread and the sugar coating dries out the surface so that when they spread, they crack instead of puff.

Baking powder or flour in excess will cause cookies to rise more, making them more fluffy and cakey. Increased sugar will make them caramelize more and increased fat will make the dough heavier and richer, all increasing retention of water in the dough- these all add up to chewier cookies.

Made of the finest quality unsulfured juice of sun-ripened sugarcane, Brer Rabbit sugarcane molasses contains no preservatives, artificial flavor or artificial color. It's a key ingredient for baking and cooking. Brer Rabbit Molasses comes in three grades: mild flavor, full flavor and blackstrap.

Blackstrap molasses is touted as an anti-inflammatory that helps relieve joint pain. Blood sugar stabilizer. Proponents claim that blackstrap molasses doesn't spike your blood sugar because it has a low glycemic index (GI), while others assert that it helps lower the GI of high carb foods.

The sugar in molasses is a direct energy source of so-called 'fast energy' for horses. If you give your horse a lot of work to do, it is necessary to include sugar in the hard feed as a source of energy. That is why molasses is often used in horse feed. In addition, molasses is a good source of potassium.

This is caused by butter bleed. This means that the butter (fat) from the cookie has seeped into the icing, leaving dark spots on the surface. This happens to me when I try to bake and decorate my cookies on the same day (not sure why!). So I always bake my cookies at least the day before I decorate.

Why didn't my molasses crinkle cookies crack? You likely need to have more sugar on the tops of the cookies before baking. The sugar helps dry out the top layer before the rest of the cookie bakes, which is what causes those deep crinkles.

The Problem: Your Oven Is Too Hot

If your cookies repeatedly turn out flat, no matter the recipe, chances are your oven is too hot. Here's what's happening. The butter melts super quickly in a too-hot oven before the other ingredients have firmed up into a cookie structure.

What happens if you add too much molasses to cookies? ›

Doubling up on molasses softened the cookies significantly.

Molasses is also extremely dark in color, so this batch of cookies turned out to be a deep brown.

Q: Why are my cookies so puffy and cakey? Whipping too much air into the dough. That fluffy texture you want in a cake results from beating a lot of air into the room temperature butter and sugar, and it does the same for cookies. So don't overdo it when you're creaming together the butter and sugar.

Shelf Life After Opening

Once opened, a bottle of molasses should retain its quality for at least 1 year, given it's stored properly in a cool, dry place. Tight sealing after each use is crucial to maintain freshness.

Light, unsulfured molasses is the best unless the recipe specifically calls for one of the other two. They all work just fine, so it's up to your preference. For a traditional molasses flavor use the blackstrap.

Enjoyed in moderation, blackstrap molasses can add a hint of sweetness to many foods, along with several important vitamins and minerals. Other health benefits of blackstrap molasses include the following: It can help prevent anemia. One tablespoon of blackstrap molasses contains 20% of the iron you need each day.

Molasses is a good source of iron, selenium, and copper, all of which help maintain healthy bones. The syrup also contains calcium, which plays an important role in bone health and osteoporosis prevention. However, a person can easily find other healthful food sources of these minerals.

Molasses is used both as a direct feed and for pelleting, whereby the latter is more important in horse feeding. In addition, molasses improves the taste and thus the acceptance of a feed. However, molasses often has the reputation among horse owners of being bad for the digestive tract, especially for the stomach.

In addition, people with irritable bowel syndrome, kidney issues, and people facing increased potassium and phosphorus levels need to avoid blackstrap molasses. It can also cause adverse effects in people who are allergic to sugar cane.

Antioxidants are compounds that help protect the body from hurt caused by free radicals. This harm can lead to chronic diseases and rapid aging. Blackstrap molasses is a rich source of antioxidants, particularly polyphenols. These may protect against heart disease, cancer, and other chronic conditions.