Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies Recipe

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These cookies are delicious served warm right from the oven! I usually make them around Christmastime or on cold snowy days here in the Midwest.

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Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch
  • Yield: 24 Servings
15 10 25

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1-1/4 cups sugar, divided
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar. Blend in molasses and egg. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves; add to creamed mixture. Mix until well blended.
  • Shape dough into 1-1/4-in. balls. Roll balls in remaining sugar. Place on greased baking sheets. Press flat with a fork. Bake at 350° about 10-12 minutes or until set. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 180 calories, 9 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 33 mg cholesterol, 201 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies in Country Extra September 1991, p45

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Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies Recipe

Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies

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Reviewed on May. 03, 2011 by ladyyorkie

The recipe says soft and chewy. The first day they are but the next day (even in put in an air tight container) they are as hard as a rock and I baked them only 10 mins.


Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2010 by karisue10

don't know what happened, these cookies spread out way too much and looked nothing like the ones in the photo


Reviewed on Jul. 25, 2010 by nisswa

My husband loves molasses cookies and has been wanting some for quite awhile. All I could find were molasses cookies that were not soft and chewy, but would come out crispy instead. These cookies are just what he has been wanting! I will be baking them again soon!! Thanks for sharing your recipe!


Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2010 by jamessb

This recipe is very easy to make. Instead of using all-purpose flour and baking soda, I used self-rising flour. The cookies are delicious and I plan to make them again for my family.

 
 
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