Soft Molasses Cookies I Food

CHEWY GINGER MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until well combined, about 3 minutes. Add the molasses and egg and beat until lighter in color, about 3 minutes. Add the flour mixture and mix on low until well blended.
• Using a tablespoon, form the dough into 1-inch balls and roll in sugar. Place each ball 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake until golden and crackled, 12 to 15 minutes; the cookies will still be a little soft. Baking these in 3 batches one sheet at a time gets you the nice, crackly top. The second sheet of cookies can stay on the counter until ready to bake. Form the remaining dough, roll the balls in sugar and place on the now cooled first baking sheet. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, and then remove to a rack to cool completely.

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES

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.

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix the milk and vinegar and set aside for a minute.
• In a large bowl mix well the sugar, both molasses and shortening (if you don't have the Black Strap you can use the regular but the taste is much better with the black strap).
• Add the milk and vinegar mixture.
• Add the dry ingredients mixing well.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Roll out on a floured board and cut in circle the size you want (I usually do one about 3 inches).
• Sprinkle the tops with some sugar.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 7-8 minute.
• Don't overbake them, just till done.

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES & ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cream butter or margarine and gradually blend in sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg and molasses.
• Add sour cream alternately with sifted dry ingredients. (May substitute 3/4 cup undiluted evaporated milk with 3/4 Tablespoon vinegar for the sour cream.)
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 375 degrees.
• Cookies can be iced with a mixture of confectioners' sugar and milk or just sprinkled with confectioners' sugar.

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together shortening and brown sugar.
• Stir in egg and molasses and mix well.
• Fold in dry ingredients and stir.
• Cover and chill till firm (1-2 hours).
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Roll dough into small balls and roll in white sugar.
• Place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes.
• Leave on sheet one minute until set.
• I changed the amount of salt in here. My original recipe calls for 1 tsp of salt but that may be too much for some. A few people have made it as is (the majority) with no complaints on salt, however a few commented it was too much. I think 1/2 tsp can be used with no alterations to the recipe. I will leave it up to you either way you still WIN !

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES V

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.

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES (REDUCED FAT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Dissolve baking soda in molasses in a large bowl.
• Combine buttermilk and oil; stir into molasses mixture.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
• Combine flour, ginger and salt; gradually add to molasses mixture, stirring well.
• Coat hands lightly with cooking spray.
• Shape dough into 30 (1-inch) balls and place balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Combine powdered sugar, water and vanilla.
• Spoon into a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; seal bag.
• Snip a tiny hole in 1 corner of bag; drizzle glaze over cookies.

HOLIDAY MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Grease baking sheets.
• Sift together flour, soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon.
• Cream together shortening and sugar until fluffy.
• Add molasses and egg and beat well.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with water and vinegar combined, mixing thoroughly.
• Drop by tablespoons 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
• Sprinkle with sugar if desired.
• Bake in moderate (350) oven 12 to 15 minutes.

MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In 3-quart saucepan, melt margarine or butter over low heat. Remove saucepan from heat and, with wire whisk, beat in molasses and 1 cup sugar until blended, whisk in egg.
• With spoon, stir in flour and remaining ingredients until mixed.
• Transfer dough to medium bowl and freeze 15 minutes or until firm enough to handle. Spread remaining 1/4 cup sugar on waxed paper.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls, roll balls in sugar to coat. Place balls, 2 1/2 inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes, until cookies spread and da rken.
• Let cookies remain on cookie sheet on wire rack 1 minute to cool slightly.
• Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining dough.
• Store cookies in tightly covered container up to 2 weeks.

SOFT MOLASSES SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, soda, salt and spices in a bowl and mix well to blend.
• Combine sugar, oil, molasses, milk and vanilla in a large bowl.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Add flour mixture gradually.
• Mix well.
• Chill 1 hour or until firm.
• Roll out portions of dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Cut with a floured 2 1/2" cookie cutter or your favourite shaped cookie cutters.
• Place on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes.
• When cool store in tightly covered metal container.
• Prep time includes chilling time.