Molasses Spice Cookies
By
Grace Zelekovic
@gray576
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This recipe in our family is lovingly joked as the mountains of cookies recipe because it makes a ton of cookies. These cookis also always taste best when fully cooled, usually the day after baking.
Ingredients
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1/2 lbbutter or other shortening melted and cooled to lukewarm
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2 1/2 csugar
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1 tspcloves
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1 tspcinnamon
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1egg, beaten
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1/4 tspsalt
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1 Tbspbaking soda
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1/4 cplus 1 tablespoon warm water
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1/4 cmolasses
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3 1/2 cflour
How to Make Molasses Spice Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine the melted butter, sugar cloves (don't forget to grind or crush the cloves if you use whole), cinnamon, egg and salt. Beat well.
- Put 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon warm water in a small cup, dissolve the baking soda in it, than stir into the butter/shortening mix.
- Beat in the molasses, than stir in the flour until all is well combined.
- Drop the dough in well seperated, walnut size lumps onto greased baking sheets. (if you don't grease baking sheets you will have trouble getting cookies off)
- Bake for 7 - 10 minutes until cookies are just baked through and starting to brown.
- Cool on wire racks. Cookies will be wrinkly, soft on the inside and crisp on the edges.
