Molasses Cookies
Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies are the BEST molasses cookies ever!
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 266.6kcal
Ingredients
Molasses Cookies
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 ¼ cups (2 ½ sticks) unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar (for coating cookies)
Instructions
Molasses Cookies
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together brown sugar, molasses, and softened butter.
- Add the egg and gently combine ingredients together. Occasionally scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
- Add the flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, baking soda, and vinegar. Mixing to combine ingredients. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl again.
- Transfer the dough to a plastic zip-style bag; refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line several half sheet pans with parchment paper and set aside.
- Remove chilled dough from refrigerator and use scoop the cookies into rounds. Flatten Rounds with the palm of your hand. Sprinkle each cookie with sugar and use a fork to make cross marks.
- Bake cookies until lightly browned, about 14-16 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool before removing from the sheet pan.
Notes
Cookie scoops make it super easy to make the cookies uniform.
For everyday consumption, I would suggest the #16 cookie scoop. Either way, this is a really nice cookie scoop and is dishwasher safe!
Remember to rotate your baking pans about half way through baking. Rotate the pans 180 degrees and if baking two pans at a time also rotate them from top to bottom rack, and vis versa.
Because everyone’s ovens are slightly different, it’s a good idea to have an oven thermometer. Use this to monitor the temperature of the oven. Baking times can vary.
Nutrition
Calories: 266.6kcal | Carbohydrates: 41.85g | Protein: 2.86g | Fat: 10.1g | Saturated Fat: 6.21g | Cholesterol: 34.21mg | Sodium: 284.33mg | Potassium: 251.14mg | Fiber: 0.75g | Sugar: 23.66g | Vitamin A: 308.21IU | Calcium: 45.32mg | Iron: 1.9mg