Soft Molasses Cookies

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Submitted by Shirl J 831

"OK, Your cookie jar will be SO empty when you make these. Even better the day after. Very ADDICTIVE !!!!"

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 42 cookies
Serves:: 42

ingredients

³⁄₄ cup shortening (3/4 cup correct amount)
1 cup packed brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup white sugar (reserved for coating raw dough balls)
1 large egg
¹⁄₂ cup molasses
2 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt (see note below)
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon nutmeg

directions

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 !

Questions & Replies

For Convection Bake is the recommendation for these cookies to reduce the temperature from 350 F to 325 F and keep the bake time at 9 - 10 minutes?

Christian O.
Am I able to use butter in lieu of shortening?

Racing B.
what did you use for shortening? I would not want to use Crisco (transfat in a can). Any one try it with coconut oil? or butter?

JumpUp
Why can’t I print recipes from your site??

tazzer50
Can the dough be frozen for baking later?

Donna E.

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Reviews

BEST MOLASSES COOKIES EVER!!! Yes, I am that excited about these. I didn't have allspice and nutmeg, so I just added cinnamon and ginger. I subbed 3/4 cup vegetable oil for the shortening, and they turned out great! Everyone loved them, even my brother, who hates molasses. :) Will definitely make this one again!

Hannah
Yum!! These are fantastic...my 2.5yr old twins LOVED the dough! I have one rack of cookies left..still warm..& I'm sure they'll be gone before bedtime. I'm going to start another batch right away. I followed the recipe exactly..I love a spicy cookie & this as a to-die-for combo. I wouldn't call these super spicy--my girls don't like anything too spicy & they loved these. THANK YOU!!!

KristinB
These barely made it into the cookie tin - they just flew off the cooling racks! I toned down all the spices by 1/2 tsp., and used just 1 tsp. baking soda. And I didn't roll them in sugar. They are just right - soft, spicy, with crisp edges. And going, going, gone! Yum!

vrvrvr
These cookies were amazing! At first bite, I felt like I was 8 years old sitting on the folding step-stool in my Grandmother's kitchen. :) Sooooo Yummy! I used 3/4c of coconut oil instead of the shortening and used ground cloves instead of allspice (since I didn't have any). I also used unsulfured, blackstrap molasses, so they came out nice & dark! :)

sugathompson
This is a fantastic molasses cookie recipe! The only substitution I made was butter for the solid shortening since my husband and I aren't fond of it. It wasn't necessary for me to refrigerate the dough because it was firm enough to roll into balls but this may have not been the case had it been a warmer day. I also used parchment paper to bake these on so no sticking and easy clean-up. This cookie is definitely one I will make again!

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Tweaks

I used butter and a paper towel to grease the cookie sheets. Worked perfectly. I ran out of molasses, i had about 1/3 cup when i needed 1/2, so i substituted in some honey and they are still wonderful and have that molasses taste. I also put twice as much cinnamon in. I baked on convection at 325 degrees for about 11 minutes and they were PERFECTLY baked!! I would definitely recommend using convection.

Isabella M.
I reduced the salt. Other than that I followed the instructions exactly.

trent
Used extra virgin olive oil instead, didn't have allspice so I added 1/2 teaspoon each of extra of ginger and cinnamon to make up for it, and only used 1/8 teaspoon salt, and rolled rounded tablespoonfuls of chilled cookie dough into cinnamon and white sugar mixture before baking. (Used bacon grease ever so lightly to grease cookie sheets), and baked for 8-9 minutes as instructed at 350 degrees. After cooling, I dusted cookies with confectioners sugar. These cookies are extremely tasty and chewy with a slight crispy edge. The molasses didn't over power the cookie either.
colsan51
These are awesome but DON'T USE A SILPAD! 1ST time ever I baked anything that didn't bake even/correctly on them..I usually used parchment paper but ran out..I will redo ANOTHER batch using paper or may just grab a new cookie sheet..Dough was great! I wish it said WHAT EXATLY YOU USED TO GREASE COOKIE SHEET?? OIL, VEG SHORT.,BUTTER, PAM,?? Someone respond if you know or see this! Thank you!

slgreene19662
So yummy! They are barely cool enough to touch and already each of my children has eaten three. I got 49 cookies from this recipe. I did make a few slight changes: butter instead of shortening, and I added finely chopped crystalized ginger to the dough. Skipped the rolling in sugar part altogether, though next time I might pulverize the crystalized ginger and roll the cookies in them rather than adding it to the dough.

Susiecat too

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