Molasses Spice Cookies

November 4th, 2010 | Filed under: dessert, recipe, sides & bites | Tags: cinnamon, cookie, ginger, molassesMolasses Spice Cookies

Whether you’re baking for a team celebration or snacking after practice, these chewy molasses cookies make for the perfect post-game treat with warm spices and natural sweetness. They are a wholesome sports snack option you can feel good about.

Usually I’m a chocolate chip cookie kind of girl. I love the classic with crisp edges and a chewy interior. Nothing fancy and that’s what I like about them. But this time of year, I feel the need to venture out of my comfort zone. I start to crave Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and other confectionary scented with ginger and cinnamon and cloves.

These Molasses Cookies are just what I’m looking for. They taste of Fall and burning leaves and upcoming holidays. I can close my eyes and almost imagine that it’s not 80 degrees outside. They’re spicy and simple. Crisp around the edges and chewy in the middle. The perfect fall cookie.

Molasses Spice Cookies

Oh, and they’re made with whole wheat pastry flour and only 1 stick of butter. Molasses is full of iron, calcium and potassium, cinnamon is has anti-inflammatory properties and ginger is good for colds. So these cookies are pretty healthy right? That’s what I keep telling myself anyway…

 

Molasses Spice Cookies

1 stick (8 tbsp. or 1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup natural cane sugar
1⁄2 cup unsulfured blackstrap molasses
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. coarse salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

Preheat oven to 375°. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar. If you don’t have a mixer, just whisk thoroughly. Add the molasses, egg, and milk and stir until well combined.

Sift together flour, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda. Add dry mixture to molasses mixture 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Drop by tablespoons onto cookie sheets and bake for 11 minutes. Let cool completely before eating.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

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24 Comments on “Molasses Spice Cookies”

  1. 1Splendid Sass said at 10:04 am on November 4th, 2010:You! Definitely try these. Bet they would be good with lemon curd!
    Thanks for sharing.
    Teresa
  2. 2Splendid Sass said at 10:04 am on November 4th, 2010:Meant yum, haha.
  3. 3LimeCake said at 8:27 pm on November 4th, 2010:these cookies look perfectly round and delicious! love the warm spices!
  4. 4Liz said at 6:20 am on November 5th, 2010:I love the idea of a molasses cookie that is chewy on the inside. I find all too often the fall/winter spice cookies wind up too hard and crunchy. I was thinking about including a cookie in my Thanksgiving spread and I think I may be using this recipe. Thanks!
  5. 5R&D Chef said at 7:28 am on November 5th, 2010:my donkeys love any molasses cookies and I’ll try this recipe and see how it measures up with them. Thanks!
  6. 6Brook said at 7:44 am on November 5th, 2010:Thanks Mel! These look divine and it’s fall where I live in WV (about an hour north of D.C.) and it’s cold, the leaves are red and orange…and you can smell the firewood burning and sometimes leaves as well…so thank you. I will makes these for my daughter!
  7. 7Debs said at 9:12 am on November 5th, 2010:These look so yummy. Chewy on the inside sounds perfect to me.
  8. 8stacey said at 11:43 am on November 5th, 2010:i’m in the appalachians in western maryland with nice crunchy leaves and cool, crisp air. totally making these this weekend. bet they’d go so nicely with a steaming cup of spiced cider. yum!
  9. 9Jeanne said at 1:25 pm on November 5th, 2010:Those cookies look awesome! I have to try them! Thanks.
  10. 10Lyndsay said at 3:00 pm on November 5th, 2010:I have been looking for a recipe just like this to add to my Christmas baking repertoire! My son is coming home from college this Christmas so I want to make things extra special – these look like a delicious start.
  11. 11Mary C said at 5:34 am on November 6th, 2010:Yes, healthy cookies! Also, for anyone interested, cinnamon helps to lower blood sugar, and ginger is good for digestion. I love molasses cookies.
  12. 12quinn said at 2:14 pm on November 6th, 2010:I used to bake a more cake-textured molasses cookie every year when the weather really, truly turned – called it my “autumn cookie.” This year I’ll try your recipe, because those cookies are making my mouth water!!
  13. 13Kerry said at 6:15 pm on November 6th, 2010:Okay, I just tried this recipe, and while the cookies are tasty, they turned out cakey and puffy, not crispy at all. The dough seemed pretty wet and cake- batter- like, I expected it to be stiffer. Any ideas what happened?
  14. 14Denise Michaels – Adventurous Foodie said at 11:39 am on November 7th, 2010:I’m a lot like you – I’ll look at a recipe and say, “Oh, it has pumpkin in it. Pumpkin is really healthy for you, right?” Did that with my Pumpkin Pancakes recipe on my blog this morning. Even linked to an article that discusses all the health benefits. So like you – that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it. *wink*I’ve been thinking about making some good, spicy cookies for fall. I had Gingerbread cookies in mind. But these look really good, too.
  15. 15Beata Biernat said at 9:04 pm on November 7th, 2010:Same here Kerry! My cookies turned out like little nuggets of cake. They were delish, but looked nothing like the photo!
  16. 16Rett said at 7:34 am on November 8th, 2010:I made them, and they tasted great, but for some reason they all melted together on the pan.
    I had to use a pizza cutter to cut them apart. They almost turned out like lace cookies.
  17. 17mel said at 8:16 am on November 8th, 2010:Kerry & Beata – That’s weird. Maybe cook them for an extra 2 or 3 minutes? It’s still warm down here so my oven was quite hot. The batter is actually pretty liquidy. That’s why mine are so round. A little unwieldy, but they cook up nicely.Rett – Oops. I guess I should have mentioned that they should be spaced far apart because they spread a lot in the oven.
  18. 18Angharad said at 10:34 am on November 8th, 2010:Cloves, ginger, cinnamon…they all sound so perfect this time of year. There’s just nothing like those scents filling your kitchen – not even the scent of chocolate chip cookies! I really want to try these – thank you!
  19. 19sarahdipity said at 9:44 am on November 10th, 2010:I had the same problem as Kerry, Beata, and Rett. I couldn’t decide if the milk amount was off, if I needed to make the cookies *way* smaller and then bake them longer or if it was something else entirely.
  20. 20Leah said at 9:06 am on November 16th, 2010:Thanks for the great recipe, they turned out delicious and totally bitchin’. They will be part of my Christmas cookie selection for sure.
  21. 21Wendy said at 9:04 am on November 18th, 2010:These were exactly the cookies I was looking for. Thank you. I got more than 2 dozen though. After the first 2 pans I decided I wanted them about the size of a vanilla wafer so that I could serve them with pumpkin dip. So far, my little guinea pigs at work have decided they are a big hit. Thanks again- they are perfect!!
  22. 22Karen said at 11:32 am on November 30th, 2010:Hi Mel. I am just getting into the baking scene and tried your cookies! I used egg beaters and 2%milk and they came out deelish! thank you! I put them in a glasslock overnight and now they are a bit sticky instead of crispy around the edges now….is there something better I should have kept them in? I am going to post a link to your recipe if that’s okay..I am all new to this blogging thing….hope all is well!
  23. 23mel said at 12:59 pm on November 30th, 2010:Karen – Mine were also sticky the next day. I just reheated them in the oven to re-crisp them. You can also try a toaster or toaster oven, but I haven’t tried those yet.
  24. 24Karen said at 3:06 pm on November 30th, 2010:Thanks Mel! Okay..so..not the toaster..they fell apart in mine..toaster oven might work great and i agree warming them up is a good idea for the next day. I might have had a bit too many now 🙂 I did post some pics on my blog so if you have any feedback, please let me know!

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