American Southern

Molasses Custard

Name: Molasses Custard
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 quarts molasses; 8 each eggs; 0.5 lb butter; 1 each ginger; 1 each nutmeg; 1 each cinnamon

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 26. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

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One quart molasses, eight eggs, half lb butter; beat the eggs, then beat eggs and molasses together until light; add ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

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