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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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24 Servings
Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Ingredients

1 cup plus 3 tablespoons butter
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.

Nutrition 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.

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

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