Hi, I need help with a recipe from my gr gr grandmother's days. She had written as to be " Bassackley" I have no idea what that would be. The ingredients are: 2lbs. molassas 1lb sugar with both being put on stove to just boil and then cool. Add: 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp cloves 1/2 tsp alspice 1/2 tsp nutmeg and vanilla 1 lb. nut meats - chopped 1 tsp baking soda (disolved in glass of brandy (water can be used instead) Add: enough flour to make a stiff dough (may add piece of lard size of an egg) and chill over night. Optional - ice with powdered sugar icing Now there is NO baking to this so I assume it is possibly like a rum ball or such but would be even sweeter with the molasses and sugar... Any help here would be greatly appreciated as to correct name and what it says to mix. I'd like to try it and see what it would really taste like. Thanks, Ruth in Illinois, USA

Hello Ruth, really with flour but no baking? Then it's a strange desert. With baking it's maybe gingerbread with nuts. Mit Backen ist es vielleicht Nußlebkuchen? 2 Pfund Sirup (I would use Kunsthonig) 1 Pfund Zucker, beides auf dem Ofen zum Kochen bringen und dann abkühlen lassen 1 Teelöffel Zimt 1/2 Teelöffel Gewürznelken 1/2 Teelöffel alspice, (I have no idea what for a spice) 1/2 Teelöffel Muskatnuß und Vanille 1 Pfund Nüsse - gehackt (what for nuts? Hazel-nuts?) 1 Teelöffel Backpulver - aufgelöst in einem Glas Weinbrand, stattdessen kann auch Wasser verwendet werden Genügend Mehl um einen dicken Teig zu machen (what is a "lard size of an egg"?) und über Nacht stehen lassen. Optional - überzuckern mit Puderzuckerguß - Wendelin On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:13:54 -0600 "Ruth" <nrhundley@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi, > I need help with a recipe from my gr gr grandmother's days. > She had written as to be " Bassackley" > > I have no idea what that would be. > The ingredients are: > 2lbs. molassas