I have mentioned in a previous post that I give home baked goodies during the holidays as gifts. This is a cookie that I have been making for years and it has slowly evolved into what it is today. Honestly I didn’t grow up making or eating molasses cookies. Imagine the HORROR, life without the spicy goodness of molasses cookies. A co-worker introduced me to this type of cookie years ago and shared her recipe with me. Originally her recipe had a frosting but I honestly like this cookie without frosting. I have also altered the spices over the years and added a pinch of this and that and finally the perfect molasses cookie that just oozes everything about Christmas. This recipe makes plenty of cookies for gift giving or serving a holiday crowd. Heck , leaving Santa some molasses cookies is a nice change from the old standard sugar cookie.
These Chewy Molasses Cookies are thick , chewy and will not disappoint any recipient . I seriously have to hide these cookies from myself because they are addictive and I could eat a dozen in one sitting. Rolling these in Christmas colored sugars makes them festive and fun. If you give them to small kids tell them Santa’s elves sprinkled them with Christmas Spirit. These are not only yummy they are super easy
Start by Preheating your oven to 350 degrees
Then in a large mix your dry ingredients..Flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves
In a separate bowl cream together shortening, eggs, brown sugar, and molasses. Then all the dry ingredients one cup at a time to the molasses mixture.
Scoop out 1 1/2 Tablespoons of dough** Using a cookie scoop keeps cookies all the same size
Roll the dough into balls
Roll the dough balls in colored sugars
Place the sugar coated dough balls onto a parchment lined cookie sheet
Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 9-10..smaller cookies will take less time to cook so watch them
Cool for 3-5 minutes on the cookie sheet then transfer them to a cooling rack
Put them out on a plate and watch them disappear!
ENJOY!!
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
- 2 Teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 Teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 Teaspoon cloves
- 2 Teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 Teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 Cups butter flavored shortening
- 2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 Large eggs
- 1/2 Cup Molasses
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350
- In a large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients.. flour, cinnamon, ginger, clove , baking soda, and salt
- In a separate bowl cream together the shortening, eggs, brown sugar, and molasses
- Once the molasses mixture is blended well add the dry mixture a cup at a time to it.
- Once the dough is blended scoop out 1 1/2 tablespoons and roll the dough into balls**using a cookie scoop keeps the cookies the same size**
- Roll the dough balls in colored sugar careful not to mix colors if using more than one
- Place sugar coated dough balls on a parchment lined cookie sheet
- Bake cookies in a preheated oven for 9-11 minutes
- Allow the cookies to cool for 4-5 minuted on the cookie sheet then transfer them to a cooling rack
cakespy
November 25, 2017 at 7:06 amI love these!!!! I don’t understand why crispy molasses cookies seem to be so popular around the holidays when chewy (in my opinion) is so much better. These cookies are my dream version, and I love the sparkly dress-up sprinkles! 🙂
Debbie
November 25, 2017 at 7:47 amI totally agree!!! Chewy is the way to go here… during the holidays I have to get rid of these quickly or I eat them all lol.