Best Soft Molasses Sugar Cookies Recipes
MOLASSES SUGAR COOKIES
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.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield about 4 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 143 calories, Fat 7g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 9mg cholesterol, Sodium 158mg sodium, Carbohydrate 19g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
MOLASSES SUGAR COOKIES
These are a wonderful chewy spice cookie. They are drop cookies that keep very well. I make them at the beginning of the holiday season and they keep all the way to New Year's!
Provided by Karin Christian
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 3h40m
Yield 72
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Melt the shortening in a large pan on the stove, and cool.
- Add sugar, eggs, and molasses, beat well.
- In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and add to the pan. Mix well and chill 3 hours or overnight.
- Form into walnut-size balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8-10 minutes.
- Store in an airtight container to keep from getting overly crisp. If they do lose their softness, an easy way to restore it is to place one slice of fresh bread in the container with the cookies for a couple of hours or overnight and they will be soft again!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 93.5 calories, Carbohydrate 12.7 g, Cholesterol 5.2 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 105.2 mg, Sugar 6.8 g
SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES
Ginger molasses cookies are a classic holiday cookie that has been enjoyed by generations of home cooks, and now you! We took that classic spiced cookie recipe, with ginger, cinnamon and cloves and perfected it to make the best ginger molasses cookies we have ever tasted. These are baked with a soft center and a slightly crispy crunch on the outside, and dipped in sugar to give it a sweet finish. Enjoy making memories with family and friends while devouring a batch of these soft molasses cookies during the holidays or bake them whenever you just need a batch of cozy and sweet spiced cookies regardless of the season.
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, beat brown sugar, shortening, molasses and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar.
- Shape dough by rounded tablespoonfuls into 1 1/2-inch balls. Dip tops into granulated sugar. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls, sugared sides up, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake 13 to 16 minutes or just until set and cookies appear dry. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160, Carbohydrate 22 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 135 mg, Sugar 12 g, TransFat 1 g
SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES V
Celebrate the winter months with spicy and soft molasses cookies. Great for eating with a hot cup of coffee.
Provided by sal
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 25m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and egg until well blended. Stir in the molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger; stir into the molasses mixture. Cover the dough and chill for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 112.8 calories, Carbohydrate 15.1 g, Cholesterol 18.7 mg, Fat 5.4 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.3 g, Sodium 111.5 mg, Sugar 5.8 g
SOFT MOLASSES SUGAR COOKIES
This recipe is from my own personal hand written and typed loose-leaf cookbook. I have no idea where it came from or who gave it to me. I must have it for 45 years or more. I just know from my own experience, that if you don't use Brer Rabbit green label molasses, they flop. These are my husband Jeff's favorite cookie and...
Provided by Anna Mae Kantor
Categories Other Snacks
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Melt butter in small saucepot on stove, remove from heat, then let cool somewhat.
- 2. To the butter add sugar, molasses, and egg . Beat well. Sift flour, cloves, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and salt. Add to mixture then beat well. Place mixture in bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place the bowl in the refrigerator for at least an hour to chill.
- 3. Place 1/2 cup of granulated sugar in a cereal bowl. Make 1 inch balls out of the cookie dough then roll in the sugar. Place the balls on a greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart. DO NOT FLATTEN. Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 to 9 minutes. Do not overbake or they will be too crunchy. Cookies will be kind of soft in the middle when you take them out of the oven. Let them rest on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before putting them on a paper towel to cool. Store in tightly closed container.
- 4. Especially good with a big ole glass of cold milk. Enjoy !!
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