Molasses Sugar Cookies Recipe 435 Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine butter, brown sugar, shortening, molasses and egg in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt; beat at low speed until well mixed.
• Divide dough in half; wrap each half in plastic food wrap. Refrigerate 1-2 hours or until firm.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Working with one-half of dough at a time, shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Roll balls in granulated sugar. Place, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten balls to 2 1/2-inch diameter with bottom of glass. Bake 8-11 minutes or until set.

MOLASSES SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the oil, sugar and molasses. Add egg; mix well. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves and ginger; add to sugar mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until easy to handle., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in additional sugar. Place 3 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until tops are cracked and edges are set. Cool for 2-3 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

MOLASSES SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt the shortening in a large pan on the stove, and cool.
• Add sugar, eggs, and molasses, beat well.
• In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and add to the pan. Mix well and chill 3 hours or overnight.
• Form into walnut-size balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8-10 minutes.
• Store in an airtight container to keep from getting overly crisp. If they do lose their softness, an easy way to restore it is to place one slice of fresh bread in the container with the cookies for a couple of hours or overnight and they will be soft again!

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES V

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and egg until well blended. Stir in the molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger; stir into the molasses mixture. Cover the dough and chill for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

MOLASSES SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together shortening and sugar.
• Add molasses and egg; beat well.
• Sift together flour, soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and salt; add to molasses mixture.
• Mix well; chill.
• Form into 1-inch balls, roll in granulated sugar and place on greased cookie sheets two inches apart.
• Bake in moderately hot oven, 375° for 8-10 minutes.

MOLASSES SUGAR COOKIES I

Steps:

• Cream together until light and fluffy butter flavored shortening and brown sugar. Add egg and molasses and beat well. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves and ginger. Add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Roll into 1-inch balls, roll in sugar. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from pan.