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

by Patricia B. Mitchell

Sweet 'n' Slow

Experiences and traditions involving apple butter, sugar cane molasses, and sorghum syrup. Published 1992. 51 recipes, 36 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Soft cover, saddle-stitched. ISBN-10: 0-925117-62-5. ISBN-13: 978-0-925117-62-5.


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The old-timey ways of making apple butter, cane molasses, and sorghum molasses are the focus of Sweet 'n' Slow by Patricia B. Mitchell. 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 in Sweet 'n' Slow. Examples include “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 smell heavenly when you practice what you read!

Sweet 'n' Slow is also available in a Bookshelf Edition (standard paperback with index).

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