Sweet 'n Slow: Apple Butter, Molasses, and Sorghum Recipes

Mitchell, Patricia B

.The old-timey ways of making apple butter, cane molasses, and sorghum syrup are the focus of "Sweet 'n' Slow" by Patricia B. Mitchell. First published as a Compact Edition in 1988, and revised in 1989 and 1992; this Bookshelf Edition published 2018. 80 recipes; 55 research notes; 123 pages including index .Recipes for making apple butter, such as “Candy Apple Butter,” and recipes utilizing apple butter like “ABC Apple Butter Cookies” are part of this book. Recipes using cane molasses and/or sorghum are also featured, including “Soft 'n' Tender Molasses Muffins,” “Granddad Charlie's Bran Bread,” “World War II Plum Pudding,” and “Second Helpin' Gingerbread .”This informative and useful book is an excellent addition to your kitchen library and repetoire. Bonus feature: your kitchen will fill with heavenly aromas when you practice what you read! This and other books by Patricia B. Mitchell were first written for museums and their patrons. Each of her books summarizes a food history topic, using quotations and anecdotes to both entertain and inform.Since the 1980's Patricia Mitchell's work is a proven staple of American museum culture. Her readers love to share her ever-present sense of discovery. Her sales are approaching a million copies, and she is widely known by her web identity FoodHistory.com.

36 pages. 1992.