Molasses Cookies
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Molasses Cookies
Description
This recipe for Molasses Cookies starts with creaming butter and sugars, then incorporates egg and molasses to provide deep sweetness and moisture. The dry ingredients include flour, baking soda for leavening, salt, and a distinctive spice mix of ground cinnamon, cloves, and ginger that evoke traditional spicy cookie flavors.
Chilling the dough before baking helps control spreading and enhances flavor melding. Rolling dough scoops in coarse sanding sugar adds a slight crunch and visual sparkle to the cracked cookie tops. Baking at 375°F for 10 to 12 minutes yields cookies with a tender center and slightly crisp edges.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter softened, unsalted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar , packed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cloves ground
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup sanding sugar coarse
Instructions
- To your stand mixer add the butter, brown sugar, sugar and egg on medium speed until smooth.
- Add in the molasses until fully mixed in, about 30 seconds.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and ginger, then add it into the stand mixer on low speed until just combined.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Roll 2 tablespoon sized scoops of dough in coarse sanding sugar and place on cookie sheets at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until the tops are cracked then cool for 5 minutes before removing gently from cookie sheets.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 152 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 152kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 24g | 8% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 22mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 101mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 73mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 187IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 17mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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