Mom's Molasses Cookies Recipe

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The kitchen smells so good when Mom is baking these yummy cookies, which we like to make with sorghum. They're chewy and tender, with a sugary coating. It's hard to eat just one! -Brenda Beachy Belvidere, Tennessee

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Mom's Molasses Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch
  • Yield: 60 Servings
15 10 25

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 1-1/4 cups sugar, divided
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, molasses, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  • Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
  • Bake at 350° for 10-14 minutes or until tops crack and edges are slightly firm. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 63 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 63 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Mom's Molasses Cookies in Taste of Home August/September 2004, p36

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Reviewed on Jun. 17, 2011 by Mamacheese2004

Best molasses cookies I've ever made. Yummy and chewy.


Reviewed on Apr. 08, 2011 by ladybug810

This has been my all-time favorite molasses cookie recipe since it appeared in a 2004 issue of Taste of Home. In fact, it's probably in my top 3 cookies of any kind!!


Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2010 by sugarcrafter

These cookies were just too hard once they cooled completely...I expected them to be soft, so I probably won't make these again.


Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2009 by dlindenf

Delicious!! So soft and chewy! Everyone loved them


Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2009 by erospert

I have been using this recipe since I first saw it in Taste of Home. Our family likes enjoys the flavor of molasses so I usually increase it by 2/3 to 3/4 cup without making any other changes. This is the only recipe I will use.


Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2009 by crazy4the50s

I got this recipe from the Taste of Home magazine a few years ago and loved these cookies! The woman who submitted it was right, they make the house smell absolutely wonderful! I plan on making them this Fall for my get togethers. :)


Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2009 by ERBK2

This recipe first appeared on a small phamphlet in a bag of flour back in 1939. I have such a pamphlet given to me by my mother.

 
 
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