molasses bread

Dark syrup loaf

Molasses bread is a dark, moist bread sweetened with molasses rather than sugar, giving it a rich, slightly bitter flavor and dense texture.

Common in New England and associated with colonial American baking, it often appears as a quick bread or yeast loaf: She served warm molasses bread with butter.

Brown bread is a close relative.

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