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[antoniothegreat]

i want to bake some cookies, but i think two ingredients i cant get in korea.
first, molasses. they translate it to be 당밀 but that is a powder. are they really the same? i thought molasses was a liquid. if they are interchangable, at what rate? like is 1 cup of molasses the same as one cup of dangmil?

next, orange extract. no one knows what that is. i think i cna use orange rinds (spelling?) but again, at what rate?

baking soda is just baking soda here, correct?

thanks for any help!

[SeoulShakin]

I don't know about the first two, but baking soda can be baking soda or 식소다 .

[littlelisa]

I'd love to know where to get molasses here. You can subsitute honey. I've also heard of people substituting soft brown sugar, but I think it's not a 1 to 1 substitution, so google it. Also, I don't know your recipe, but if it needs the liquid properties of the molasses, I'd go for the honey over the brown sugar, though the flavour may be closer with brown sugar.

For orange extract, just add orange zest. Add it to taste... some people like more, some like less. Start with less, and add more until you're happy.

Edit: googled it for you.

Looks like this should work:
3/4 Cup light or dark brown dissolved in 1/4 Cup hot water

[maeil]

Hannam market outside of Itaewon has molasses.

[crazy_arcade]

In Korea baking soda is "cooking soda" and baking powder is "baking powduh" Look for both right next to the flour in e-mart or in the bakery section of homever.

Brown sugar is sugar with molasses added. Just cut out half of the white sugar in your recipe and substitute it with brown sugar.

[antoniothegreat]

awesome, thanks for the help!

[MarionG]

orange extract is not usually very bitter...orange zest will be.. you could probably use a little orange zest, boiled for 30 seconds in a light sugar syrup, that would probably be more equivalent.

Here are the standard molasses substitutes:
For 1 cup use
1 cup honey or
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar or
1 cup dark corn syrup or
1 cup pure maple syrup.

You can also use combinations of those things. Both molasses and maple syrup have fairly strong flavors...so the flavor will be different.