Mom's Molasses Cookies
By: OC 2 Seattle
Published: Monday, December 21, 2009 - 10:05am

Ingredients




1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter (softened – do not melt)
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses (I use dark, but you can use light if you prefer)
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 2 Combine sugar and butter in a medium bowl and mix on low-speed until blended (creamed). 3 Mix in egg and molasses to sugar mixture until blended. 4 Add the remaining ingredients and mix until blended. 5 Drop by the spoonful (or use a cookie dough scoop) on a nonstick baking sheet (I prefer Williams Sonoma’s nonstick goldtouch cookie sheets – they’re a little pricy, but I’ve had mine for three years and they work perfectly, no sticking, no mess and just a wipe down to clean).  I put 6-9 cookies per sheet. 6 Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes.

About


This is a family favorite for us.  Mom’s molasses cookies are a great offset to chocolate and sugar cookies, are fast, easy, and just downright good (I sometimes get caught eating them for breakfast).