Courtesy of Frederick Douglass Opie, related recipe below
Oral traditions pass down cooking techniques and dishes considered sacred when eaten on religious days like Easter. In rural communities for example, a family might have freshly hunted wild game, garden raised greens, roasted sweet potatoes, and Georgia syrup bread for dessert. Holiday meals are often good simple dishes passed on from one generation to the other.
Georgia Syrup Bread
Ingredients
1/2 cup granulated
sugar
1/2 cup butter (or butter substitute)
1 cup molasses
2 cups spelt (or white) flour
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup sour milk (or sour soy milk)
1/2 cup nuts and/or raisins, if desired
Method:
Combine all ingredients together and put into a large greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour.
