What to make with molasses

This recipe is initially from the original contributor's friend and brother, Chip Crumpler.

Also needs: vinegar, red pepper flakes, honey

Also needs: vinegar, cream of tartar, butter, baking soda

Also needs: flour, baking powder, oats, butter

Also needs: bacon, kidney beans, brown sugar, rum, mustard

Also needs: ketchup, worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, cayenne pepper

Also needs: brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger

This barbecue sauce is great on ribs and chicken on the grill.

Also needs: ketchup, apples, jam, vinegar, chile peppers, hot sauce

This chipotle BBQ sauce is really smoky and hot, so if you can't stand the heat, adjust it to your liking.

Also needs: chile peppers, ketchup, worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, flour, vinegar

Lumberjacks are a cookie from the Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook, and they reflect baking from 1830s New England.

Also needs: shortening, eggs, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger

Also needs: mustard seed, eggs, garlic, flour, vinegar, honey

This recipe makes crispy gingerbread cookies that are used for gingerbread people. To keep the cookies crisp, store them in an air-tight container. They can be decorated with royal icing.

Also needs: brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, butter, eggs, flour

A recipe for banana nut muffins, based on one from the Joy of Cooking, but slightly modified.

Also needs: eggs, honey, milk, bananas, flour, baking powder, walnuts

Fred steak is a marinated beef steak sold by Schaub's Meat, Fish and Poultry Market in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California, United States.

Also needs: coffee, wine, vinegar, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, chili powder, garlic

Also needs: pork, rosemary, ginger, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, vinegar, lime

Also needs: milk, cornmeal, baking soda, brown sugar, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, eggs

These chewy ginger cookies are soft and delicately flavored.

Also needs: butter, brown sugar, eggs, baking soda, flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves

Also needs: butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, flour

Also needs: bacon, ground beef, onion, garlic, brown sugar, barbecue sauce, mustard, chili powder, pork

Hermits are chewy molasses spice cookies. This version is on the strong side of the spectrum so those who prefer less hot-tasting food should hold back on the cloves and ginger.

Also needs: flour, raisins, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, baking powder, butter, vanilla, eggs

Mincemeat is a mixture of spiced chopped fruits. Traditionally mincemeat has contained meat, although many modern recipes omit it. This recipe, however, does contain beef.

Also needs: apples, beef, lemon, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, coffee, vinegar, broth or stock

Saffron rice is yellow or tan, with a taste reminiscent of spice breads and spice cakes. It goes well with chicken.

Also needs: rice, saffron, chicken, broth or stock, celery, cinnamon, cloves, brown sugar, coriander, cardamom

Also needs: flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, buttermilk, milk, eggs, butter, vanilla

Also needs: beef, croutons, cayenne pepper, chili powder, thyme, onion, carrots, garlic, bell pepper, eggs, barbecue sauce, worcestershire sauce, hot sauce