Walnut Molasses Bars
A dish built around butter and lard.
contains glutencontains dairycontains nutscontains meat
Ingredients
US
Metric
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup lard
- ¼ cup boiling water
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 3 cups flour
- ½ tablespoon ginger
- ⅓ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon clove
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Chopped walnut meat
Make it lactose-friendly
- ¼ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
Steps
- Pour the boiling water over the butter and lard.
- Add the brown sugar, the molasses mixed with the soda, the flour, salt, and spices (ginger, nutmeg, and clove).
- Chill the dough thoroughly.
- Roll the dough one-fourth inch thick.
- Cut the dough into strips three and one-half inches long by one and one-half inches wide.
- Sprinkle the strips with the chopped walnut meat.
- Bake for 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