I made these cookies before Christmas, and made another batch yesterday (despite my New Year's Resolution to "be hot"). They are Delicious with a capital "D." I have a friend who makes killer molasses cookies that are completely different (*cough* Carrie) but these are wonderful as well. As my brother put it, "it's like a pumpkin pie... in a cookie!"
For one batch, you will need:
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil or extra light olive oil (which is better for you!)
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 cup sugar (plus a small bowl of sugar for rolling)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups flour
I always pre-mix the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients separately, so that's how I would begin... I like for all the dry ingredients to be evenly dispersed. After the dough is all mixed, roll it into small balls, about the size of a ping-pong ball (or smaller) and roll them in a small bowl full of granulated sugar. There is no need to grease your pan, just put them straight in. Bake at 350° until the cookies start having cracks in them. If you leave them in much longer than that you will have really hard, possibly burnt cookies. Remove them from the oven as soon as the cracks are sizeable. If you think you've left them in too long, they're still edible, and very good with milk, tea or coffee. Eaten without dunking, they're crunchy, but if you dip them in, they're chewy and don't crumble very much into your drink. They are DELICIOUS. I shouldn't have made them. My hour and a half workout from this morning may have been canceled out by these cookies...
To Carrie: I expect a blog post with your molasses cookie recipe. Photo not required.
