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Rose's Blackstrap Molasses cookies

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Category:     Baked Good


Description: This recipe was first published in Heidi's column. It is a good molasses based cookie, especially helpful to O nonsecretors. If you choose to use chocolate chips, you can use Ghiardelli Double Chocolate chips. It makes a good snack as well as dessert. You can also substitute raisins for the chocolate chips.

General applicability:

Rose's Blackstrap Molasses cookies

Green: recipe contains only neutral or a beneficials ingredients for that type. Yellow: recipe contains an secondary avoid ingredient that may be substituted by a more permissable one. Orange: contains an avoid in a primary ingredient.

Ingredient list:

• 1-1/2 cups ghee or butter
• 1-3/4 cups blackstrap molasses or 1 cup vegetable glycerine [or BTD compatable substitute]
• 2 teaspoons almond extract [or BTD compatable substitute]
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups amaranth flour [or BTD compatable substitute]
• 2 cups rice flour or oat flour [or BTD compatable substitute]
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 2 9oz. packages Sunspire organic dark chocolate chips [or BTD compatable substitute]

How to make it:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree.
• If using butter, beat it in a large bowl until soft.
• Add molasses gradually to the butter or ghee, beating in.
• Add almond extract.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
• Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to the moist mixture.
• In another bowl, blend the flours and salt together.
• Gradually add flour mixture to moist mixture, beating until well mixed.
• Stir in chocolate chips (add nuts if desired).
• Use a heaping tablespoon of dough for each cookie, and place on nonstick cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
• Let cool before removing.
• They freeze beautifully, it takes just a few minutes for them to defrost.
• Makes 6 dozens.

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Blood Type Diet Analysis:

Core Ingredients Analysis:
The ingredients in this category are either BTD compliant for all types or the recipe author and/or editor did not suggest a possible substitution. If this category contains avoids for your blood type this recipe may not work for you, unless you feel like you can omit the item or make an appropriate substitution.

Ingredient	A	B	O	AB	A NS	B NS	O NS	AB NS
Egg Whole, Chicken	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	B
Baking Soda	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Sea Salt	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N

Variations and Substitutions Analysis:
This category of ingredients contains possible substitutions that may allow different blood types to use the recipe or ingredients that can be left out of the recipe altogether.

Ingredient	A	B	O	AB	A NS	B NS	O NS	AB NS
Walnuts	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
Oatmeal, Oat Flour, Oats	B	B	N	B	N	N	A	B
Butter	A	N	N	A	A	N	N	A
Chocolate	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Rice Flour, White	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	B
Molasses, Blackstrap	B	B	N	B	N	B	N	B
Vegetable Glycerine	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Amaranth	B	A	N	B	B	N	N	B
Ghee, Clarified Butter	N	N	N	N	N	B	N	B

Macronutrient Analysis:

This recipe may contain macronutrients with important effects on health

• The recipe may contain ingredients encourage health microbiome balance