Molasses Cookies

Submitted by: JustRightMenus

Description:

These are the kind that come out big and flat and dark ... I've been told they're like Moravian cookies.

I remember having some like this the year i got a bean back chair for Christmas. I spent time that Christmas reading a new book I got, sitting with a cup of hot tea and these molasses cookies. Mmmm.

Categories: Christmas, cookies

From the kitchen of:

This particular recipe is one I found online, in an NPR article, labeled "Dorothy Smith's Molasses Cookies."

Ingredients

Group 1

3/4 c. melted butter

1/4 c. molasses

1 egg

1 c. sugar (plus extra for dipping before baking)

Group 2

2 tsp. baking soda

2 c. flour

1/2 tsp. cloves

1/2 tsp ginger

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

Heat oven to 375°.

Combine Group 1 (butter, molasses, egg, and sugar). Mix thoroughly.

Separately, mix Group 2 (dry ingredients).

Add Group 2 (dry) to Group 1 (wet). Beat well.

Chill at least 4 hours.

Shape into one inch** balls. Dip in sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet and flatten with a fork.

Bake at 375° for about 6 minutes, until flat and dark brown.

They'll be slightly crunchy on the outside & chewy on the inside.

**Seriously, measure it. December 2006, I did not use 1" balls, and I got 22 HUGE cookies. December 2007, I used 1" balls. For a double recipe, I got 121 cookies. And you didn't need a fork & knife to eat them.