Would You Like a Cookie?

A molasses cookie? Yesterday was just like a perfect fall day and that started the craving for molasses cookies......... I love the smell of molasses!

I found this recipe in a magazine I subscribed to, for years, when our children were smaller.

Family Fun.

I wasn't sure about this cookie, at first. I had never had a molasses cookie before. Actually, about the only cookies I had ever had growing up were from packages. My mother didn't bake and I didn't have grandmothers. Still, I loved those Keebler elves, when my mother would buy them!!! Anyway..................

Here's the recipe if you'd like to try it. The only I did differently, was that I used a small melon scoop to "shape" the balls and sprinkled the sugar on (instead of rolling the dough in the sugar.)

Molasses Cookies

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
14 tbsp. butter, melted
2 cups sugar, divided
1/3 cup molasses
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium-sized bowl, mix the melted butter, 1 cup of the sugar and the molasses. Beat in the egg. 2. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Gradually add to the butter mixture, stirring until a soft dough is formed. 3. Shape the dough into 1-inch balls, then roll each ball in the remaining sugar. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 10 minutes.Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

Many Blessings,

Julie