Dear Lisa: After looking over some of my holiday baking recipes, I have a question. When a recipe calls for molasses, can I substitute cane syrup? They seem similar. Will there be a noticeable ...

What is Molasses Made Of? As noted above, common forms of molasses are made from sugar cane or sugar beet juice which is boiled down to a syrupy consistency. Sugar crystals are extracted from the syrup, and the remaining dark liquid is molasses. Molasses can also be made from sorghum, pomegranate, carob, and dates.

Molasses is a thick, dark syrup used for baking, sweetening, animal feed, rum production, and as a nutrient-dense dietary supplement. It’s a byproduct of sugar refining, created when sugarcane or sugar beet juice is boiled and the sugar crystals are spun out in a centrifuge.

Molasses, syrup remaining after sugar is crystallized out of cane or beet juice. Molasses syrup is separated from sugar crystals by means of centrifuging. Separation from the sugar crystals occurs repeatedly during the manufacturing process, resulting in several different grades of molasses.

Before maple syrup found its way onto stacks of Southern hot cakes, there was cane syrup. Made from pressed sugarcane juice cooked down in iron kettles, cane syrup was the South's table staple. Cane ...

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