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Soft Molasses Cookies

Soft Molasses Cookies

Mmm! Bite into classic soft, melt-in-your-mouth molasses cookies for a yummy bit of nostalgia.

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(35 Ratings)

35 Ratings

5 spoons 51%

4 spoons 40%

3 spoons 6%

2 spoons 3%

1 spoons 0%

Member Reviews (6)
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  • PREP TIME

    40 Min

  • TOTAL TIME

    1 Hr

  • SERVINGS

    24

 

1
cup packed brown sugar
3/4
cup shortening
1/4
cup molasses
1
egg
2 1/4
cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
2
teaspoons baking soda
1
teaspoon ground cinnamon
1
teaspoon ground ginger
1/2
teaspoon ground cloves
1/4
teaspoon salt
3
tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 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.
  • 2 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.
  • 3 Bake 13 to 16 minutes or just until set and cookies appear dry. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
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Expert Tips

Purchase shortening formed in oblong packages marked for easy cutting and measuring. It eliminates messy measuring in cups.

Spray the inside of the measuring cup with cooking spray so molasses will slide out of the cup easily.

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Nutrition Information:

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cookie)
  • Calories 160
    • (Calories from Fat 60),
  • Total Fat 7g
    • (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g,
    • Trans Fat 1g),
  • Cholesterol 10mg;
  • Sodium 135mg;
  • Total Carbohydrate 22g
    • (Dietary Fiber 0g,
    • Sugars 12g),
  • Protein 1g;
Percent Daily Value*:
  • Vitamin A 0.00%;
  • Vitamin C 0.00%;
  • Calcium 0.00%;
  • Iron 6.00%;
Exchanges:
  • 1/2 Starch;
  • 0 Fruit;
  • 1 Other Carbohydrate;
  • 0 Skim Milk;
  • 0 Low-Fat Milk;
  • 0 Milk;
  • 0 Vegetable;
  • 0 Very Lean Meat;
  • 0 Lean Meat;
  • 0 High-Fat Meat;
  • 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 1 1/2;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 8/11/2011 11:08:54 PM REPORT ABUSE FL33511 said:
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This recipe worked great. I'm not much of a cook and followed it to the T and they came out perfect. Came out so well I would have thought they were the great molasses cookies my mom made. I used a counter mixer and used a small scoop as I see another review person wrote and it worked just great.
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Posted 2/23/2011 10:05:11 AM REPORT ABUSE Earlyrose said:
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A wonderful recipe! I made it exactly as the recipe said except I used my mixer both to mix the wet ingredients AND to blend the wet and dry ingredients together. The consistency was perfect this way. The cooking time was 15 minutes. Cooking time is key to getting a cookie that is chewy and not crispy all the way through. I used a small ice cream scoop to form the dough ball, then dipped the ball in sugar as the recipe calls for and the cookies came out sparkly on top. Then I tried dipping them in Turbinado cane sugar instead of white sugar and it was a nice alternative, giving the cookie a sugary crunch when cool. Spaced a couple of inches apart on the cookie sheet, the cookies spread out beautifully to a perfect circle. This is an attractive and tasty cookie. It's a great afternoon cookie with tea!
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Posted 1/18/2011 7:42:17 PM REPORT ABUSE Shortynana said:
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I finally got these baked. I added soured skim milk just until the dough held together and got good results. You may be thinking I measured something wrong but, honestly, I don't think I did.
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