Best Molasses Cookies
It
is Christmas time and time to bake cookies. There was a time when I couldn’t
make a batch of cookies come out for the life of me. Until my sister shared her secret of how to
make a batch of cookies come out perfect (or almost).
This is my babysitter, Berta’s recipe (RIP), which came from her mom, Dorothy. It is over 150 years old. I altered it by replacing the ¼ cup coffee or tea with 1/3 cup sourdough to the mix. I never liked molasses cookies until I made these.
2½
cups AP flour
2
tsp. baking soda
2
tsp. ground cinnamon
1¼
tsp. ground ginger
½
tsp. salt
8
tbsp. melted butter
¼
cup dark brown sugar
1/3
cup sugar
¼
cup molasses
1
large egg
1/3
cup sourdough hooch
Combine molasses, sugars, melted butter, egg, and hooch in large measuring cup or bowl. In another bowl stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Beat the dry ingredients into the sugar mixture until well combined. Chill dough for one hour.
Now the recipe says to roll out to desired thickness, cut and sprinkle with sugar. Tried that as you can see. Molasses cookies is Tall Cool ☺ne’s favorite and he suggested just doing a spoonful, dip it in sugar and bake like a dropped cookie. OMG, it’s like a crusty outside and a soft inside, makes me think of the cat treats that we buy for the fur-babies.
Cooking is all about experimenting.
Roll or drop and sprinkle with sugar and bake in a 350ยบ oven for 11 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Enjoy
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