Two tins black treacle

Nix143

Another plea for help - I've been sorting through my kitchen cupboards and found 2 tins of black treacle, one just about to go out of date. I seem to buy a tin every time I do a nigella gammon *shrugging*

Anyhoo, has anyone any ideas what to do with them? I am loathe to throw anything out since I've started reading this forum

Thanks!

Strepsy

Treacle toffee? Right timing with halloween and bonfire night on their way.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=110242&highlight=treacle+toffee

janb5

Look up recipes for gingerbread. Treacle tends to keep for quite a long time. If you get stuck pm me and I`ll send you one.Mary Berry does a nice one.

betterbargains4u

Christmas cake...
Start now and it will be lovely and moist by Chrimbo....Mmmm

Nix143

Cheers guys, I was wondering whether it would be ok to use after the best by date as I dont see how it can go off but then my knowledge of these things is a bit restricted

Christmas cake? *shuddering* I can't stand dried fruit in any shape or form, all my dad's fault, he used to chase me round the kitchen with currant pasty saying it was dead flies :eek:

Penelope_Penguin

janb5 wrote:

Treacle tends to keep for quite a long time.

Sorry, that's not true. Treacle can ferment in storage, which can make the cans explode. See When Treacle Goes Bad. I've never had a problem, but would advise caution opening the tin, if it's over the sell by/best before date.

Penny. x

Elliesmum

Can I just add - I did the same think and found a tin of black treacle in the back of my cupboard past it's sell by date. Thought to myself, how can treacle go off. But opened the tin and yuck - it smelt very strange so just binned it!

HTH

Beanietdc

Here is my ginger cake recipe - it's heaven! You will need a decent size roasting tin to cook it in and a fairly big saucepan for the mixing.

10oz (275g) golden syrup

10oz (275g) black treacle

8oz (225g) muscovado sugar

8oz (225g) soft margarine

1lb (450g) self raising flour

2 teaspoons mixed spice

2 teaspoons ground ginger

4 eggs beaten

4 tablespoons milk



Instructions


Pre heat oven to 160c/325f.


Grease tin and line with greaseproof paper

Measure syrup, treacle, sugar and marg into pan and heat gently until melted. Remove from heat and stir in flour and spices. Add eggs and milk and beat until smooth. Pour into tin.



Bake for 40-45 minutes. Allow to cool in tin for a bit and turn out.



Chop into pieces.

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, Beanie! Thanks for that recipe. Does it improve with keeping, or have you never been able to resist it to try?


Penny. x

ladymacbeth_uk

TREACLE SCONES

225g self-raising flour
1tbsp caster sugar
pinch salt
6 tbsp butter
1 desert apple
1 egg
2 tbsp black treacle
5 tbsp milk

Mixed sieved flour, sugar, salt, then add the butter rubbing with your fingers. Add chopped apple.
Mix beaten egg, treacle, milk in a jug & add to above mix to form dough.
on floured surface roll dough to about 2cm thickness. Cut into 8 scones using 5cm cutter.
Place scones on greased baking sheet & bake in preheated oven 220 c / 425 f / gas 7 for 8-10 minutes.
<taken from "Greatest Ever Baking" recipe book by Parragon>

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Caterina

Is black treacle the same as molasses? If so it can be used instead of sugar for yeast activation when making bread. It makes the bread a bit darker.

If the same as molasses, it probably also contains iron, like molasses do.

HTH

Caterina