Molasses Cookies
These soft and chewy molasses cookies are full of bold, spicy-sweet flavor.
Ingredients
- white sugar (1.5 cups)
- butter or margarine (0.75 cup)
- egg (1 large)
- molasses (0.25 cup)
- all-purpose flour (2 cups)
- baking soda (2 teaspoons)
- ground cinnamon (1 teaspoon)
- salt (0.5 teaspoon)
- ground cloves (0.5 teaspoon)
- ground ginger (0.5 teaspoon)
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
- Mix 1 cup sugar, butter, and egg together in a medium bowl until smooth.
- Stir in molasses.
- Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, and ginger in a separate medium bowl; add to the molasses mixture and stir until well combined. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). While the oven is preheating, roll dough into 1-inch diameter balls; roll each ball in remaining 1/2 cup white sugar before placing 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake in batches in the preheated oven until tops are cracked, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Cool on wire racks. Enjoy!
Nutrition
(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)
- kcal: 120
- fat: 5 g
- sats: 1 g
- carbs: 19 g
- fibre: 0 g
- protein: 1 g
- salt: 0.179 g