Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies
These old fashioned molasses cookies are a balance of both chewy and crispy. The tops are barely crunchy while the insides are chewy.
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour may use half whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1-3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ¾ cup butter melted
- 1 cup plus 1/3 cup sugar divided
- 1 large egg room temperature
- ¼ cup molasses
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375-f degrees.
For the dough:
- In small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, & ginger; set aside. In medium bowl, with electric mixer on low speed, blend together the melted butter, 1 cup sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in molasses. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture to molasses mixture; mix until completely combined. Cover and chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.
For baking:
- Roll dough into walnut sized balls (use a medium cookie scoop, if available); roll each ball in remaining sugar. Place 2 inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets. Bake 8-9 minutes just until tops are cracked all over, but cookies are still a bit gooey inside the center cracks. Cool on wire racks.
Notes
Recipe from The Yummy Life.
Nutrition
Calories: 135kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 190mgPotassium: 69mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 189IUVitamin C: 0.001mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg
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