Molasses Sugar Cookies Recipe

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There's nothing really fancy about these cookies, but they're my husband's all-time favorite. He enjoys their chewy, comforting flavor and the childhood memories they bring back.

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Molasses Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 24 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Additional sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the oil, sugar and molasses. Add egg; mix well. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves and ginger; add to sugar mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until easy to handle.
Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in additional sugar. Place 3 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until tops are cracked and edges are set. Cool for 2-3 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 143 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 158 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Molasses Sugar Cookies in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2003, p45