Molasses Spice Cookies

Name: Molasses Spice Cookies
Yield: 28 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 1/4 cup molasses; 1 egg; 2 cups flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp cloves; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1/2 tsp salt

Jessa @jessalovescookies

California

Grandma's recipe! These cookies are chewy, gently spiced, and perfect for the holidays.

Jessa @jessalovescookies

California

Grandma's recipe! These cookies are chewy, gently spiced, and perfect for the holidays.

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Ingredients

28 servings

Wet
3/4 cupbutter
1 cupsugar
1/4 cupmolasses
1egg
Dry
2 cupsflour
2 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspcloves
1 tspcinnamon
1 tspground ginger
1/2 tspsalt

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
2

Melt butter on stove or in microwave
3

Combine butter, sugar and molasses
4

Set mixture aside, allowing it to cool a little in the fridge
5

In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
6

Remove wet mixture from fridge and stir in the egg
7

Add dry ingredients to the wet batter a little at a time until fully mixed.
8

Form dough in roughly golf-ball sized balls.
9

Optional: For sweeter, crisper cookies, roll the balls in sugar before baking.
10

Bake on greased cookie sheet for 9 to 10 minutes.