Grandma's Molasses Cookie Recipe
This old-fashioned style recipe for molasses cookies uses white sugar and butter for a delicious, homemade flavor. Grandma's molasses cookie recipe is a keeper!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup white sugar you will need one extra cup of sugar in a bowl to roll cookies in before baking
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup molasses
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
Instructions
- Mix together softened butter, white sugar, and egg until smooth
- Stir in molasses
- Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and ginger
- Blend spices into molasses mixture
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill for a minimum of 2 hours
- After 2 hours of chilling, preheat oven to 375 F
- Place 1 cup of sugar in a small bowl and place on the side
- Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet
- Take the dough out of the fridge and roll it into small balls, about the size of a walnut
- Roll each cookie dough ball in white sugar
- Place cookie balls on cookie sheet
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the tops are cracked.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 135kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 154mgSugar: 11g
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