Old Fashioned Chewy Molasses Cookies
Old Fashioned Chewy Molasses Cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside with the perfect mixture of molasses and ginger flavors. Your kitchen will smell like the holidays when you open your oven!
Servings 48 cookies
Calories 129cal
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened or two sticks (do not use melted butter)
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 1 cup sugar (white)
- 1 cup light brown sugar (packed)
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 4 1/2 cups flour (all purpose)
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- First, in a large mixing bowl, using a stand mixer or handheld mixer, cream butter by mixing the softened butter with the white and brown sugars. Mix for about 30 seconds scraping sides of bowl.
- Then, add eggs, one at a time. Scrape sides of bowl with a rubber spatula.
- Next, add baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and molasses.
- Then, add flour one cup at a time and scrape bowl in between. Form cookie dough into a ball and wrap it with wax paper or put it in a container. Put the cookie dough into the refrigerator for 1 1/2- 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Then, after cookie dough has chilled, roll cookie dough into 1 inch balls. Dip the balls into white sugar or red, white and green colored sugar crystals as shown (this step is optional.) Place sugar coated side up on baking sheets.
- Next, place dough balls spaced 2 inches apart on a parchment paper or silicone lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes on 350. Cool completely on cooling racks. Cookies will come out of the oven puffy but, will flatten as they cool.
Notes
NOTE: Nutrition label is an estimate and may vary.
Recipe Notes:
- Cool cookies completely on cooling wracks.
- Store baked cookies in airtight containers for up to 10 days.
- Wrap cookie dough in wax paper, place in freezer bags for up to six months.
- Freeze baked cookies in containers for up to six months.
Nutrition
Serving: 0g | Calories: 129cal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 134mg | Potassium: 118mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg