Molasses Cookies
Molasses Cookies
My mouth is watering for these, this is an old time recipe that I believe is similar to what my Mom would make. Been a long time since I have had these, and I did find a contact in Chiang Mai that is sending me a jar of molasses, imported from Australia. I made these on 29 Jan 2017, excellent but they do not have the classic cracked top. Recipe modified slightly with my findings.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened, this is 3/4 of a standard block of butter
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- white sugar, optional, as needed
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, brown sugar, and egg until smooth. Then mix in the molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger in a separate bowl then mix that into the molasses mixture. Cover, and chill in the fridge for 1 hour. This photos shows mixed after the fridge, it does indeed look like peanut butter at this point.
- Preheat oven to 190 C. Drop a rounded tablespoon of dough using two spoons (the dough will be sticky like peanut butter) onto an ungreased cookie sheet, placing 2 inches apart. Bake for 15-25 minutes or until the tops are cracked, you will need to watch the time based on your oven (mine however did not crack on the top), cool on a wire rack. The timing is critical, do not over cook these.
- Enjoy.
Notes
Low cost.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
Lee made these and I first tried on 30 Jan, good and chewy, these are very good!
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
I made these on 29 Jan 2017, and with the ingredients as written, they are excellent in taste and chewiness, but from the photo, no cracked top which is not a show stopper.