Foppema’s Farm is now offering Golden Barrel Blackstrap Molasses. 
Molasses is a winter staple for the kitchen used in all kinds of recipes; breads, cookies, beans and even as a sweetener for milk and other drinks.
Molasses is high in iron, calcium, manganese, potassium, copper, and magnesium and is considered a nutritious sweetner. Here is a recipe to introduce you to the wonders of molasses.
Baked Beans~
There is nothing like home-made baked beans on a chilly day.
Author: Lowney's Cook Book, 1912
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 2 cups beans(Navy, Pinto or Great Northern)
- ½ pound salt pork (approximate), scored
- 4 tablespoons blackstrap molasses*
- ½ tablespoon dry mustard* (mustard seed pulverised is dry mustard)
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
Instructions
- Soak 2 cups of dry beans overnight, drain, put in pan and cover with cold water to simmer until tender( about 1 to 1½ hours). When tender, drain and add half of beans to bean crock. Any covered baking dish will work if you do not have a bean crock.
- Preheat oven to 300°
- On top of beans add molasses, onion, dry mustard and salt pork. To score the salt pork simply cut lines into it making little squares.
- Add remaining beans and enough water just to cover. Cook for approximately 6 hours. Remove lid for the last hour to remove any excess water.
Note: You may use canned Navy, Pinto or Great Northern beans.
Omit soaking overnight and preheating. Simply rinse well and add half of beans to pot.
Serve with John Morrell Franks* available at Foppema’s Farm for a hearty meal.
Blackstrap Molasses