Soft Molasses Cookies
Soft molasses cookies are the perfect fall cookie meets the perfect holiday cookie ~ why would you bake anything else?
Servings: 12 cookies
Equipment
- baking sheets
- stand mixer or electric beaters
Ingredients
for the molasses cookies
- 3/4 cup shortening, I use butter flavored Crisco
- 1 cup granulated sugar (plus more for rolling the cookies)
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- In a stand mixer or with electric beaters, cream the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy (1-2 minutes)
- Add the egg and molasses and combine until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in 2 batches, mixing between each addition. Mix just until fully combined.
- Give the dough a final stir by hand to make sure everything is well incorporated. Portion out 1/4 cup sized amounts of dough and roll round in your palms. Roll each ball in sugar before placing, 3 inches apart, on your cookie sheet. Use the back of a flat spatula to flatten the cookies slightly.
- Bake for about 14 minutes. The cookies will look puffed and crackled across the top. Remove the pan from the oven and give it a sharp wrap on a counter top to flatten the cookies. I lift the pan straight over the counter a few inches and let it drop. Note: I like to add one more light sprinkle of sugar over the hot cookies at this point.
- Let the cookies cool on the pan for a couple of minutes, then remove to a rack.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 cookie · Calories: 289 kcal · Carbohydrates: 40 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 13 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 4 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 5 g · Trans Fat: 2 g · Cholesterol: 14 mg · Sodium: 240 mg · Potassium: 135 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 22 g · Vitamin A: 20 IU · Vitamin C: 0.02 mg · Calcium: 22 mg · Iron: 2 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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