Okay, anyone have a molasses cookie recipe?

[wtrmlnlabs]

UGH, I do not like these cookies but I make a plate for my neighbor of all my cookies for Christmas. Her favorite, molasses. 2 years now I've made 2 different recipes and, although I have no idea how they taste, they look bad. They are so FLAT and spread so much when baked!! I'm assuming this is normal for the cookie but they look awful!

So does anyone have a recipe that they tend to get raves over? Or can someone tell me if I need to quit worrying about these because it's normal and they are probably just fine?

I've told her to let me know how they are, but she'd never say anything bad. We bought the house I grew up in, so this has been my neighbor my whole life basically and we love each other to death so she won't give me real feedback

 

[tchrrx]

I've never made them, but my cousin made this recipe a couple of weeks ago. She said they were wonderful & sent this to me.



1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup and 1 1/2 tab. oil
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups flour
2 1/2 teas. baking soda
2 1/2 teas. cinnamon
2 1/2 teas. ginger
1/2 teas. salt

Preheat oven 350.
Mix sugar & oil, add egg, and beat well. Mix in Molasses. In seperate bowl mix together all dry ingredients, then and to sugar mixture. Roll into balls & then roll in a bowl of sugar. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8- 10 mins. (If dough is sticky, refrigerate for 15 mins)
These cookies are soft. They are not ginger snaps. Happy eating!



* wtrmlnlabs- Was your dough chilled before you baked it? Chilled dough is less likely to spread.

 

[HunnyPots]

Here is one of my favorites. I made some yesterday and they are delicious. Crispy edges with chewy centers.

Molasses Crackles

1 1/2 cups melted butter
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup molasses
2 beaten eggs
4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
4 cups flour

Do not preheat oven yet. Dough must chill before baking.

Melt butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Add sugar and molasses and stir. Let it cool slightly. Then add the beaten eggs, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg, stirring after each addition. Add flour in one- cup increments, stirring after each one. The dough will be quite stiff.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. (Overnight is fine too.)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Roll the chilled dough into walnut-sized balls. Put some sugar in a small bowl and roll the balls in it. Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet (12 to a standard sheet).

Bake for 10-12 minutes. They'll flatten out, all by themselves. Let them cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and then move them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

 

[wtrmlnlabs]

Thanks! I'm going to try both. I did chill my dough before cooking. They were supposed to be rolled into balls but they were so sticky I just put them lumped on the cookie sheet. They sound like honeypots, crispy edges and soft in the middle. They just don't look appetizing to me!!!

Off to try more cookie!!!!!!

 

[wtrmlnlabs]

I've never made them, but my cousin made this recipe a couple of weeks ago. She said they were wonderful & sent this to me.

These turned out like a cookie!! GREAT THANKS!!! I even tried one and, although I could only take about 3/4 of it, I did like it!! Very impressed! I only had 1/4 c of molasses left so I tried these first... still want to try the other recipe too and see how they come out.

 

[QVCshopper]

I see you already got some, but these are my absolute FAV! I make them all the time, but they are more on the gingersnap that molasses side.

Gingersnap Cookies

Preheat over to 350F

2-1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
6 oz (1-1/2 sticks) butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses

Granulated sugar to roll cookies in

Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice, and pepper.

Cream butter and add brown sugar. Stir in egg and molasses. Add dry ingredients.

Refrigerate dough for 15 minutes.

Shape dough into balls and roll in granulated sugar.

Bake for 13 minutes. Remove cookies and cool on rack.