In December I find myself baking up plenty of treats for gift giving. Some of my favorite edible gifts include candied pecans, chocolate covered cherries, and these irresistible spice cookies.
Molasses Cookies Ingredients
To make molasses cookies make sure you have dark brown sugar, butter, molasses, an egg, flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, allspice, salt and sugar. When the holidays come around, bake up some of my favorite holiday entertaining recipes including chocolate truffles, Christmas tree brownies and crock pot candy.
How Do You Make Molasses Cookies?
To make this molasses cookies recipe, start by beating some sugar, butter, molasses and an egg in a stand mixer or with an electric mixer. Once the sugar and butter mixture is smooth, stir in flour, baking soda, salt and flavorful spices. Roll the dough into balls and dip them in a little granulated sugar. The sugar coating gives these cookies a sweet and slightly crispy exterior in contrast to the chewy texture. Place each cookie dough ball on a cookie sheet. Chill the dough in a freezer for a few minutes. Next, bake the cookies until they’re golden brown. Let them cool on a wire rack, then serve and enjoy!
Tips For The Perfect Molasses Cookies
To keep your balls the same size, scoop the dough with a tablespoon or a small ice cream scoop. They also make special small cookie scoops designed for cookie baking. You can make your cookies larger or smaller than what the recipe calls for depending on how many people you’re looking to serve. Simply adjust the cooking time up or down accordingly. You can freeze this cookie dough for later use. Shape the dough into balls, then freeze and store in an airtight bag. When you’re ready to bake, let the dough balls thaw, roll them in sugar, and put them in the oven.
Dressing Up Your Cookies
While this recipe is a classic rendition of this holiday treat, you can jazz up your cookies with some other fun flavors and decorations.
Chocolate: Try dipping the cookies halfway in melted dark or white chocolate. Sparkling Sugar: You can use coarse sparkling sugar instead of granulated sugar for added texture. Cinnamon: Roll the dough in cinnamon sugar for extra flavor. Sprinkles: For a holiday cookie, try rolling the balls in holiday sprinkles instead of sugar. Chocolate Candy: You can add some chocolate flavor by placing a chocolate kiss or other small chocolate on top of each cookie as they come out of the oven.
These cookies are a holiday treat that are so good you can make them all year round! This recipe makes the best molasses cookies that I have ever eaten. When you make this recipe, I think you’ll agree!
