Molasses Cookies

These super soft and chewy Molasses Cookies are packed with warm spices and molasses flavours. A must-have in your Christmas cookies box.

About These Molasses Cookies

• This cookie recipe comes together very easily and requires only a handful of ingredients.
• The cookie dough requires one hour of chilling time.
• The list of ingredients includes Flour, Baking Soda, Salt, Apple Pie Spice, Butter, Brown sugar, Vanilla extract, Egg, and Molasses.
• Let's break down the ingredients and talk about them a bit more! The first four ingredients are the dry ingredients that are the base of 99% of the cookie recipes.
• The Apple Pie Spice recipe is in the Spice Blends post. The right amount of spices in this recipe makes these cookies delicious, flavourful, and seasonal. Making your own spice blend is convenient and ready to use when you need it. I am all for the homemade ingredients as much as possible.

• What is a Molasses Cookies without Molasses? This ingredient adds a caramel flavour to the cookies as well as a ton of moisture and tenderness. I use this brand of Molasses.
• Molasses is a thick substance principally obtained from the refining of  Sugarcane or Sugarbeet juice into sugar. Molasses vary in the amount of sugar, the method of extraction and the age of the plant. (Wikipedia)
• Brown sugar plays a crucial role in the cookie's softness and chewiness, and that goes back to the Molasses content of this ingredient.
• Butter is an essential and important ingredient in every cookie recipe. Butter has a unique flavour and is the main source of fat in these cookies.
• This recipe calls for one Egg, which creates bonding in the recipe and has some fat content.
• These Molasses cookies are rolled in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, which gives them a crispy surface, and cinnamon adds to their flavour.

How To Make These Cookies

• Leave the butter out of the fridge for a few hours before making the cookies. Use the paddle attachment to beat the butter and sugar for a few minutes until it is all fluffy and light in colour.
• Add in the egg, vanilla extract, and molasses and beat well. The mixture will become smooth and light brown in colour.
• In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, apple pie spice, and salt. Switch to a rubber spatula, add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix well.
• Cover the cookie dough and chill for one hour.
• Use your clean hands to make small balls the size of a tablespoon and roll each ball into the cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Place the cookie dough balls on the lined baking sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes. They are done when the edges are set and the top starts to have cracks.
• Let them cool down on the baking sheets for 5-10 minutes, then transfer them to the cooling rack and let them cool down completely.

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