Grandmas Chocolate Molasses Cookies Food

GRANDMA'S MOLASSES COOKIES WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Dissolve baking soda in vinegar. Sift 2 cups flour with 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, ground cloves, and ground ginger, and a pinch of sea salt.
• Mix 3/4 cup molasses, 1 cup packed brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup butter, and dissolved baking soda together in a large mixing bowl.
• Stir in flour and spice mixture. Add more flour 1/4 cup at a time until the dough is pretty stiff-1/2 to 3/4 cup more total.
• Divide the dough in half. Roll out one half at a time on a lightly floured surface to 1/4" thickness. Stamp with a cookie-cutter into 2" rounds. If the dough is sticky, use a pastry knife to lift cookies from the counter.
• Bake at 375°F for 8-10 minutes on a parchment-lined cookie sheet until cookies are set and just beginning to brown at the edges. Cool on a wire rack.
• Once cookies are cooled, melt white chocolate in a double boiler until smooth. Spread melted chocolate on top of each cookie in a thin layer with the back of a spoon. Set on a wax paper-lined tray and allow to cool completely until chocolate is set.

GRANDMA'S MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt shortening in a 3 or 4 quart saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat; let cool. Add sugar, molasses and egg; beat well.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Add to first mixture. Mix well. Chill at least 2 hours, or overnight.
• Form in 1 inch balls, roll in granulated sugar and place on greased cookie sheets two inches apart. Bake in moderately hot oven, 375°F, 8 - 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven while they still look soft, because they flatten out as they cool.

GRANDMA'S CHEWY MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Using a strong mixer, mix butter and sugar until sugar has aerated the butter and it is light and fluffy (5 minutes). Blend in molasses and egg gently.
• While butter/sugar is mixing, blend all dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add to creamed mixture in thirds until fully blended (this is where the powerful mixer comes in handy!).
• Refrigerate 1 hour (which makes it easier to roll into balls).
• Form into balls a little smaller than a golf ball and roll in sugar. Place on parchment paper or greased sheet.
• Bake 350 degrees for 12-13 minutes (for 20 large cookies).
• Hint - When the cookies are done baking, they puff up in the center and crack, but wait until the inside of the crack turns from shiny dark brown (not cooked) to medium brown (done).

GRANDMA'S MOLASSES CHRISTMAS CRINKLES

Steps:

• Thoroughly mix wet ingredients together - - shortening, sugar, egg and molasses.
• Blend all dry ingredients together and then stir into the wet ingredients.
• Chill cookie dough for 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Roll dough into balls the size of large walnuts.
• Dip tips of balls into sugar.
• Place, sugared side up, 3" apart on a greased baking sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

GRANDMA GOBLE'S MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix shortening and brown sugar with a mixer. Add molasses and mix. Set aside. Mix coffee, salt, and baking soda together and set aside. Mix spices with the flour, and then mix all ingredients together well.
• 2. Cover and refrigerate overnight in a 1 gallon freezer bag. (Dough also freezes well and can be used at a later date).
• 3. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Generously dust board with flour then roll out ½ to ¾ inches thick with a 2 ½ inch round cutter.
• 4. Place far apart on greased baking sheet. (I only get 8 on one baking sheet). Use two pans and do not put both pans in the oven at the same time. Bake on parchment paper lined cookie pan until when lightly touched, no finger imprint remains. Bake for 18-24 minutes (Do not overbake).

GRANDMA WOLCOTTS CHOCOLATE JUMBLES (1912)

Steps:

• Mix soda into molasses then add brown sugar, eggs cinnamon, and cloves.
• Melt lard, butter and chocolate, then add to mixture.
• Sift in flour gradually, until stiff.
• Refrigerate to make dough hard and easy to roll.
• Roll out dough on floured surface until about 1/4 inch think.
• Cut using a "jumble cutter" (great grandma use to have these custom made) or cut ino 4 inch circles with a 1 inch hole in the middle. You can also use cookie cutters.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 7-9 minutes in 350 degree oven. The cookie edges will start to turn brown.
• Make a frosting with water and powdered sugar and frost cookies.
• Tip: If cookies dry out, place the heal of a piece of bread in the storage container.

GRANDMAS CHOCOLATE MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• cream shortening and sugar.
• add eggs.
• add molasses
• sift dry ingredients
• add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• mix until smooth
• drop by teaspoon onto greased baking sheets bake 350 degrees no time given 10 minutes molasses burns check
• or add nuts and raisins.
• you can make peanut butter just decrease shortening to 1/4 add 1/2 c peanut butter.