What are the ingredients for gingerbread?
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Gingerbread/Main ingredients
What were some of the main ingredients of the original gingerbread?
Gingerbread is a baked sweet containing ginger and sometimes cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom and anise, and sweetened with any combination of brown sugar, molasses, light or dark corn syrup, or honey.
Where does gingerbread cookies come from?
According to Rhonda Massingham Hart’s Making Gingerbread Houses, the first known recipe for gingerbread came from Greece in 2400 BC. Chinese recipes were developed during the 10th century and by the late Middle Ages, Europeans had their own version of gingerbread.
Is gingerbread a cookie or bread?
Gingerbread is an umbrella term used to describe many different sweet breads, cakes, and/or cookies made using ginger and sweeteners such as honey, treacle, or molasses. Since antiquity, gingerbread has evolved from a flat slab bread into fluffy cake, chewy cookies, and as a foundation for culinary showpieces.
How do you make molasses?
To make molasses, sugar cane is harvested and stripped of leaves. Its juice is extracted, usually by cutting, crushing, or mashing. The juice is boiled to concentrate it, promoting sugar crystallization. The result of this first boiling is called first syrup (‘A’ Molasses), and it has the highest sugar content.
What can I use instead of molasses?
This is an easy swap: Just mix 3/4 cup granulated sugar with 1/4 cup water and use in place of 1 cup molasses. The sugar will add sweetness and the water will add moisture. However, you won’t get much flavor, so consider upping the spices in the recipe instead.
How is brown sugar made?
Brown sugar can be made by adding molasses syrup to boiling sugar crystals that result from the sugar-refining process. It can also be made by coating white granulated sugar with molasses. Regardless of its production method, brown sugar typically contains at least 85% sucrose.
What’s the difference between maple syrup and molasses?
Maple syrup is thick and syrupy like molasses, but similar to honey and dark corn syrup, it packs a sweeter flavor. The other major difference is price—pure maple syrup tends to be expensive than molasses.