Molasses Cookies
Soft, chewy cookies built on a full blend of cinnamon, ginger, and cloves rather than cinnamon alone, rolled in sugar before baking - real molasses cookies also rely on baking soda, which reacts with the molasses to create their signature crackled tops, a step most quick versions leave out entirely.
⏱ 30 min🍽 24 servings
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Ingredients
- •2 1/4 cups flour
- •2 tsp baking soda
- •1/4 tsp salt
- •3/4 cup butter, softened
- •1 cup sugar, plus extra for rolling
- •1/4 cup molasses
- •1 egg
- •1 tsp cinnamon
- •1 tsp ground ginger
- •1/2 tsp ground cloves
Steps
- 1.Preheat oven to 350°F.
- 2.Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- 3.Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the molasses and egg.
- 4.Mix in the flour mixture, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves until a soft dough forms - baking soda reacting with the molasses is what gives these cookies their signature crackled tops, and the fuller spice blend is what separates real molasses cookies from a plain cinnamon cookie.
- 5.Roll into balls, coat in sugar, and bake for 10-12 minutes until cracked on top.