Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome back to the kitchen! This isn’t a typical Old Cookbook Show episode, but today we’re diving into a beloved Newfoundland and Labrador classic: molasses buns. This recipe comes from the 1974 cookbook Fat Back and Molasses, a treasured collection of traditional Newfoundland recipes—still in print today!
Join me as I walk through this spiced version of Newfoundland molasses buns—no raisins, no salt pork, but full of warm flavor and maritime history. Whether you remember your Nan baking them in a pan, loaf tin, or cutting them like biscuits, every little cove has their own twist—and I’d love to hear yours in the comments.
🍁 This video includes:
Step-by-step recipe for spiced molasses buns
Newfoundland food culture and history
Reflections from our recent visit to Newfoundland and its icebergs
A spotlight on Hope Air and our Give Hope Wings flight across Canada
🛩️ As part of our 2025 campaign, we're raising funds and awareness for Hope Air, a Canadian charity that helps people in remote communities access medical care. Learn more and see how you can help below.
👉 Leave a comment: Do you bake molasses buns? What’s your family tradition? Raisins or no raisins? Spices or plain? Newfoundland and Labrador folks—we want to hear from you!
Newfoundland Molasses Buns Recipe:
Ingredients: (I only made ½ recipe)
½ cup butter
1 cup molasses
1 tsp cloves
2 tsp allspice
2 tsp ginger
1 cup boiling water
4 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar (I used brown)
5 ½ cups flour
Method:
Mix butter, molasses, sugar and boiling water in a bowl. Add spices, flour and baking soda. Chill in fridge for 20 minutes, then shape into buns and bake.
Mrs. Ann Eddy, North Hr Placenta Bay.
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Thursday June 5: Gore Bay (CYZE) - Launch Event
Friday June 6 - Saturday June 7: Sault Ste. Marie (CYAM) - Hope Air Day
Sunday June 8 Marathon (CYSP) - Lunch
Sunday June 8 Sioux Lookout (CYXL)
Monday June 9 Red Lake (CYRL) - Reception Event
Tues June 10 - Wed June 11 Winnipeg (CYWG) - Patient and Partner Event
More dates to be announced
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Welcome back to the kitchen! This isn’t a typical Old Cookbook Show episode, but today we’re diving into a beloved Newfoundland and Labrador classic: molasses buns. This recipe comes from the 1974 cookbook Fat Back and Molasses, a treasured collection of traditional Newfoundland recipes—still in print today!
Join me as I walk through this spiced version of Newfoundland molasses buns—no raisins, no salt pork, but full of warm flavor and maritime history. Whether you remember your Nan baking them in a pan, loaf tin, or cutting them like biscuits, every little cove has their own twist—and I’d love to hear yours in the comments.
🍁 This video includes:
Step-by-step recipe for spiced molasses buns
Newfoundland food culture and history
Reflections from our recent visit to Newfoundland and its icebergs
A spotlight on Hope Air and our Give Hope Wings flight across Canada
🛩️ As part of our 2025 campaign, we're raising funds and awareness for Hope Air, a Canadian charity that helps people in remote communities access medical care. Learn more and see how you can help below.
👉 Leave a comment: Do you bake molasses buns? What’s your family tradition? Raisins or no raisins? Spices or plain? Newfoundland and Labrador folks—we want to hear from you!
Newfoundland Molasses Buns Recipe:
Ingredients: (I only made ½ recipe)
½ cup butter
1 cup molasses
1 tsp cloves
2 tsp allspice
2 tsp ginger
1 cup boiling water
4 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar (I used brown)
5 ½ cups flour
Method:
Mix butter, molasses, sugar and boiling water in a bowl. Add spices, flour and baking soda. Chill in fridge for 20 minutes, then shape into buns and bake.
Mrs. Ann Eddy, North Hr Placenta Bay.
2025 Give Hope Wings Fundraiser Page:
https://ca-p2p.engagingnetworks.app/31190/ghw2025/180784/glens-hangar
More info about Hope Air: hopeair.ca
hopeair.ca/impact-report-2024
Our Fundraiser flight will be making stops in June 2025:
Thursday June 5: Gore Bay (CYZE) - Launch Event
Friday June 6 - Saturday June 7: Sault Ste. Marie (CYAM) - Hope Air Day
Sunday June 8 Marathon (CYSP) - Lunch
Sunday June 8 Sioux Lookout (CYXL)
Monday June 9 Red Lake (CYRL) - Reception Event
Tues June 10 - Wed June 11 Winnipeg (CYWG) - Patient and Partner Event
More dates to be announced
Here is the link to our Apron: searchandrescuedenim.com/products/s-r-x-glen-friends-chef-apron?country=IO&variant=50865649877152
searchandrescuedenim.com/GLENANDFRIENDSCOOKING
Discount code to be used at checkout: GLENANDFRIENDSCOOKING
Buy us a cup of tea: ko-fi.com/glenandfriendscooking
Help us out with a PayPal donation: paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=T4FPGUQABAUTE
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCsU15yvILBmnHPeAf4SFVaQ/join
This channel is nothing without you our viewers! Thanks for watching the Old Cookbook Show and our Historical Cooking.
#LeGourmetTV #GlenAndFriendsCooking
Check out our Aviation and Flying Channel: youtube.com/glenshangar
