It’s holiday cookie baking season and I’ve had molasses cookies on my mind. Now, usually when it comes to baking cookies, it’s something chocolate and chippy that I can’t wait to take a bite out of. But this weekend, it was molasses all the way. Yay!
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These sugar and spice filled cookies are super easy to make.
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Chewy and delicious. Enjoy them this holiday or any day.
Okay, let’s get baking.
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Sift together the flour and spices in one bowl and in another, cream the butter and both sugars.
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Then add egg and sticky drippy molasses.
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Mix until combined and then slowly add in flour mixture until you have a beautiful brown molasses-kissed cookie dough.
Let it chill out in the fridge for a bit.
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Then scoop and roll dough into balls. Coat the outside with granulated sugar before baking.
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When you remove them from the oven, lightly sprinkle a little more sugar on top of the cookies for a dusted look.
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Merry Good Molasses Cookies
Ingredients:
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar, plus more for coating balls
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg, plus 1 yolk
- 1/3 cup molasses
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Using a mixer, cream butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Add the egg and egg yolk and mix until combined. Then add the molasses and mix until combined.
- Slowly add in the flour mixture, mixing on low until completely combined.
- Chill dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Scoop dough with a 1 1/2 inch cookie scoop and roll into 1 1/2 inch balls. Then roll balls in sugar and place on baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for 9-10 minutes. Remove from oven and lightly sprinkle tops with sugar.
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Enjoy!
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