What do gingerbread, ginger snaps and baked beans have in common? (Nope, this isn’t the start of a bad joke.) Molasses. The sticky-sweet brown syrup is something of a kitchen hero: It makes cookies ...

A little sweetness is usually a good thing, and molasses has sweetness in spades. While regular table sugar is often people's go-to ingredient for dishes requiring a sweet edge, molasses can provide ...

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Out of brown sugar mid-baking session? Try one of these emergency brown sugar substitutes as a replacement. Luckily, if you run out of this distinctive variety of sugar, which gets its color and soft ...

Yes, you can use white sugar, molasses, honey, and maple syrup as a substitute for brown sugar so you don't have to run to the store. First, you should understand what brown sugar is. Brown sugar is ...