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About the Recipe: The recipe is similar to what we call a Blondie brownie, but it added molasses, which is the dominate flavor in these sweets. Chocolate was expensive and wasn’t widely available. As the price decreased and the chocolate was available, it was added in place of the molasses.
Recipe by: Fannie Merritt Farmer, Fannie Farmer 1896 Cook Book, The Boston Cooking School, Skyhorse Publishing, 1896, (2011), p. 424,
Additional Reference Source:
https://legourmet.tv/recipe/how-to-make-fannie-farmers-1896-brownies-recipe
Pdf for Copy of Recipe – 1896 – Fannie Farmer – Boston Cooking School -Brownie
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