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These egg-free molasses cookies are made and sold astatine the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Sweet Home Cafe. The cafe's supervising chef, Albert Lukas, says they were archetypal served successful a Marblehead, Mass., tavern tally by freeman Joe Brown, whose woman made them arsenic large arsenic the lily pads that frogs sat connected successful a pond extracurricular the restaurant.
You’ll request a 3-inch circular cooky cutter.
The dough is rather brushed and needs to beryllium refrigerated astatine slightest overnight and up to 1 day. The cookies tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 1 week.
Adapted from a look developed by Albert Lukas, supervising cook astatine the Sweet Home Cafe successful the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
measuring cup Servings: 24-30 large cookiesIngredients
Nutritional Facts
Per cooky (based connected 30)
Calories
140
Fat
3 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
26 g
Sodium
380 mg
Cholesterol
10 mg
Protein
2 g
Sugar
15 g
This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.
Adapted from a look developed by Albert Lukas, supervising cook astatine the Sweet Home Cafe successful the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Tested by Vanessa Williams and Kara Elder.
Published September 22, 2016
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Updated March 15, 2026












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