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Cape Breton Molasses Biscuits: an old fashioned, not-too-sweet, thick-cut molasses cookie.

Cape Breton Molasses Biscuits

Cape Breton Molasses Biscuits are old fashioned, not-too-sweet, thick-cut molasses cookies.  A little while ago, writer and photographer Kelly Neil wrote a lovely piece in the Halifax Chronicle Herald about two Cape Breton grandmothers. As you may have guessed (or assumed) an East Coast article about grandmothers is bound to include memories of fresh baking […]
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