Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies
These old fashioned molasses cookies have great chewy texture from real butter and molasses while slightly crispy on the outside and a beautiful cracked effect from rolling the cookie dough in white sugar. Soft molasses cookies are perfect for the holiday season - loaded with warm spices. Enjoy a freshly baked batch of molasses cookies with a warm mug of eggnog or crumbled-over ice cream.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
For Rolling
- ½ cup granulated sugar for rolling the cookies
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar with a hand mixer or electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Mix in molasses and the egg until well incorporated.
- Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, and baking soda to the mixing bowl and mix well.
- Gradually add in the flour mixture on low speed, just until combined.
- Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat at an oven temperature of 350F.
- Roll dough into 1 ½" balls and roll them in the granulated sugar until coated.
- Place dough balls 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet pan, lined with parchment paper.
- Bake cookies for 11 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container, cookie jar, or freezer bag.
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