Molasses Sugar Cookies
It’s a dreary, rainy day here in western PA. The kind of day that makes you want to curl up with a steamy, hot cup of tea, a great cookie – and a movie or two! I love this recipe – not only because it goes great with tea, but it’s also perfect for the kids to help with! My little one loves rolling the dough into balls! The flavor is somewhere between a gingersnap and a sugar cookie – a hint of molasses with the spice of cinnamon and ginger. I found this recipe posted in our local newspaper a few years ago, along with a few others for a Christmas cookie swap.
Molasses Sugar Cookies
3/4 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon ginger
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
granulated sugar, for rolling
Cream together the butter and brown sugar. Beat in egg, molasses spices and baking soda. Add in flour and mix well. The resulting dough is very soft, refrigerate until firm and easy to handle, about 1 hour. Form dough into 1-inch balls and roll in granulated sugar. Place dough balls two inches apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8 – 10 minutes until set and starting to brown. Cool briefly on cookie sheet and remove to racks to cool completely. This recipe makes 36 cookies.
The total cost of this recipe is around $1.30 (depending on where you get your spices) – not too bad for a quick snack! Most store-bought, pre-made cookies are much more expensive! In my grocery store, it cost $3.99 for one dozen sugar cookies – and I have no idea what’s in them!
What is your favorite cookie recipe? Do you have a special recipe you like to make with your kids? I’d love to hear from you! Enjoy!
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I love the idea of spicing up your classic sugar cookie. I’m going to have to try this!
I’ve been craving a really good chewy chocolate chip cookie recently. I just can’t seem to find the perfect recipe that is soft but not greasy. The hunt will go on!
Thanks for a great post!
Mmmmm….that sounds really good too!
Delicious! I simply adore molasses – I use it in my gingerbread cakes 🙂
I really enjoy it too – I like finding new ways to use it!
These look delicious – we always make cookies on Sundays for kid’s lunches during the week. I’d like to make these tomorrow. Just have to make sure I have some ground cloves in the cupboard first..
Great! Let me know what you think!
I love the spices with the sugar cookie. Sound so yummy. Perfect day. 🙂
It is – Thanks!
It’s been a really snowy, dreary day here too. So, making some cookies sounds like a great idea!
I think it fixes everything!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today.
I came over to see what you are up to and saw these wonderful cookies. WoW! those look good.
Thank you so much!
Oooh! I love molasses! These look so much better than typical sugar cookies. Yum!
Thanks – they are really good!
I have a tea Cake recipe hand down for generations! Passed it along to my children.
Fantastic! I love recipes that have been handed down – everytime I make them, I think of that person!
I love tea and cookies! Home made are the best.
I agree! Especially on a cold, rainy day!
Goodness gracious! These do look scrumptious!
Thanks! They are quite yummy!
Thank you for stopping at my blog.. Your Molasses Sugar Cookies look delicious and they’re easy to bake.
Sure! Nice to meet you! They are yummy – and super easy to make!
I’m ready to make the cookie – just in time since my other choice was not that interesting.
Great! I look forward to hearing what you think of the recipe!
This is just the kind of simple cookie I like to make. And the kids are thrilled when they get to roll their cookies in more sugar–we make a lot of snickerdoodles around here!
Mine too! They love helping out in the kitchen!
Now that looks like comfort food. Rainy & dreary here to so maybe it’s a cookie kind of day.
Perfect day for cookies!
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This sounds AMAZING, found my new late night baking project.
They have quickly become one of my favorites! I hope you enjoy them!
going to try this recipe, may I repost it to my blog after I bake?
Janis
Sure! Enjoy and let me know how you like them!
Makes me want to eat cookies again…
🙂
I love Molasses cookies and these look wonderful. I posted a soft molasses cookie on my blog that I stuffed with a lemon filling and or a orange filling. Try the filling in your cookies. http://recipesforourdailybread.com/2011/12/11/big-soft-ginger-molasses-cookiesstuffed-lemon-ginger-molasses-cookies-and-stuffed-orange-ginger-molasses-cookies/#more-2353
I will have to try it – the lemon in particular sounds wonderful! Thanks!
My husband would love these!
They are really good! One of my favorite cookies!
These look and sound yummy! Thanks for liking my post!
Sure – they are really good cookies!
Yummmm! These sound great. If I wanted to enter a coma I would ice them with cream cheese and molasses icing.
Oh my goodness – that sounds really really good too!
Good recipe. thanks!
Your welcome!
Looks delicious, think I’ll make these tonight!
Great! If you do, please let me know how you like them!
Does this cookie taste kinda like a snickerdoodle? Because my hubby loves snickerdoodles.
Sort of – with a little more spice! It’s like a snickerdoodle and gingersnap combined!
oh nice… i’ll have to give it a try! thanks
Sure!
Sugar cookies are one of my faves (other than snickerdoodles), so I already know these would be added to my “Favorite Desserts” list! I love that you tried them with tea! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
P.S. Thanks for stopping by my blog! 🙂
Sure! They are perfect paired with tea! I’m craving them now….
Chocolate chippers are my favourites!!
We love those too!
I’ve been looking for a good molasses sugar cookie recipe…we’ll try it this weekend, so thanks. I usually sub the flour with whole wheat flour. Any potential pitfalls that you know of?
I think the whole wheat flour will yield a heavier/denser cookie – but I haven’t tried it. If you do, I would love to hear how it turns out!
By “this weekend” I guess I meant the next wekend we don’t have a graduation, vacation, visit from Mom….ugh. But, these are near the top of my list and you’ll be the first to know how it goes. Take Care!
Finally got to these over the weekend, though I altered them a bit with anise and black licorice. I posted today with full credit to you for the molasses sugar cookie recipe. The whole wheat (less protein) meant they were slightly less flattened but otherwise produced a great structure. Thanks!
🙂 I’m so glad you liked them! I can’t wait to try your version! Sounds fantastic!
These look divine!!!
Thanks! They are sooo yummy!
Yummm! This looks great AND I think it would be pretty simple for me to make Gluten-free.
Fantastic!
These sound yummy! I think I will try them gluten free for tonights dessert!
Great! I’d love to hear how you like them!
I am a Super Freak for molasses;thanks for the recipe and thanks for stopping by my blog.Real butter may not be on my diet but I’m sure my granddaughters will love them.And of course I’ll have to quality test one
Absolutely! 🙂
Looks yummiliciious!
Thanks!
I love this idea too… Am new to the blogging world, really like your ideas!
Thanks! I really like your blog, I became a follower! You have some great recipes!
Reminds me of my grandmother’s recipe. Thanks for posting it! I will have to give this a try!
Thanks! I’d love to hear how you like it!
Stephanie, I can’t wait to try this cookie recipe! I’ve been wanting to try a homemade molasses cookie recipe for some time now and this looks scrumptious!
I also wanted to say thank you for “liking” my post, “The Law of Kindness”. I’ve been in the process of changing my site over, so that post is now on the new site, which I’ve included in the details portion of this reply. I’d love to have you come back and visit sometime! I’m really new to the blogging community and am feeling my way along, trying to figure out how everything works! Your “like” enabled me to visit your site and look around. I love what you are doing, what you are about, and how you are presenting things. I know that God is blessing your efforts and that you will continue to inspire and encourage a lot of people. I look forward to visiting here often and trying out all the wonderful recipes!
Keep up the good work!
Blessings,
Patsy
Hi Patsy! Thank you so much for all the kind words! I will surely be back to your site, I really enjoyed what I’ve seen so far! Thank you so much for stopping by and if you try out the molasses sugar cookies – I would love to hear how they turned out!
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I am drooling already
Holy yum! I can’t wait to try this recipe!! Thanks so much for the recommendation gal 😉
You are so welcome! 🙂 Let me know what you think!
Another winner… can’t wait to have my little one help. I love that you tell us the price on your posts. Thanks for inspiring me!
My little one loves to help make these cookies – she loves rolling dough into balls! 🙂
Yum! I’m going to have to try these, can’t wait!
I’d love to hear how you like them!
Stephanie,
Thanks for stopping by and liking my new blog! Sounds like you’ve got your hands full and are doing a great job! Keep up the good work and please feel free to leave a comment or photos on my blog.
Thank you so much for stopping by! It is very busy around here – I’m not sure what I would do if things ever calmed down! 🙂
I agree. You don’t know what’s in those expensive bakery cookies. I must try your recipe as my hubby loves Molasses cookies. My favorite recipe is for snickerdoodles. It’s just butter, flour, sugar, an egg, and cinnamon.
Love snickerdoodles – almost made them today, but went with straight sugar cookies. These molasses cookies are so good – one of my favs!
Hope you’ll post your snickerdoodles recipe! The simpler, the better. I cook. I don’t bake! LOL
I will soon!
i made molasses cookies once but they turned out awful and looked nowhere near as good as these. although it took me 7 to realise that they tasted pretty bad ! my favourite cookies are ones that involve hefty amounts of chocolate and sugar. mmm …
I agree – love the chocolate and sugar! 🙂
well, now, this is a recipe i need to try this coming weekend! thanks for sharing!
Sure! I’d love to hear what you think when you make it!
Can’t wait to try this recipe!!
Sounds great!
I would love to hear how you like it!
You want a good cookie recipe, and want to keep the small ones’ little paws out of the cookie jar at the same time? Make your basic chocolate chip cookie recipe, but add a cup of cocoa. And — a tablespoon or two of chili powder, and maybe a teaspoon of black pepper or five spice or cinnamon, while you’re at it. Maybe add another egg to keep the batter loose. Voila! Grownup’s cookies! If you want to go totally crazy, add a cup of pine nuts.
Very interesting! Spicy chocolate flavor sounds yummy! Thanks!
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Normally I am a chocolate only type of dessert girl, but molasses cookies are so good and these look delicious!
Thanks! They are really yummy…especially with some tea!