One of the best presents my brother and I can get is a bag of molasses cookies from Ann McBride, our longtime family friend (and the person I like to call my "fake grandmother"). Her recipe (with slight modifications) after the jump...
Molasses Cookies
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 30 cookies
0.75 c shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
0.25 c molasses
1 egg
2.25 c flour
2 tsp baking soda
0.5 tsp salt
0.5 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
0.25 c sugar
(1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees
(2) Mix shortening, brown sugar, and molasses
(3) Add egg and mix until combined
(4) In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon, and ginge
(6) Roll into 1" balls and dip tops in sugar; Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet
(7) Bake for about 12 minutes until set but not hard; Cool on a wire rack
Notes: I doubled the salt from the original recipe (as I almost always do with cookies). The original recipe also called for chilling the dough for 1 hour. I baked half right away and chilled the other half. The chilled dough is definitely easier to roll, but I didn't notice a big difference in taste.
1 comment:
That looks good. I know how much you and your brother look forward to Ann's cookies.
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