Sweet Bites: Molasses Spice Cookies

Need a tasty treat to keep you going? Try one of these Molasses Spice Cookies. Better now, right?!

The Occasion: Back to school – either literally if you have school-age kids, or figuratively if you’re an office worker for whom Summer Fridays are no longer a thing.

During a big routine change it is nice to find a sweet treat in your brown bag lunch every once in a while. These tasty Molasses Spice Cookies will do the trick.

The Recipe: This recipe comes from Once A Month Meals, a cool website that features recipes which are good to prepare today and even better to make a freezer-full in advance.

The team of blog contributors offers a lot of great resources for busy home cooks including recipe instructions for cooking now and freezing for later.

​So helpful!

What Makes This Special: In addition to the awesome flavor, you can freeze the cookie dough nuggets and bake off only what you need each time. 2-3 cookies, or a whole bunch, it’s up to you.

Serve With: Cuppa tea. Glass of milk. Sip of tawny port? Click on the photos to enlarge them and read the captions.

The Verdict: These are not sexy show-off cookies. They will never win a competition. But man oh man are they good. And familiar. Comfort food in the very best possible way. This is a great cookie to have in your recipe repertoire. 

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Molasses Spice Cookies
Recipe source: Once A Month Meals
Yield: Approx. 3 dozen cookies

INGREDIENTS:

• ¾ cup softened Butter
• 1 cup Sugar (this is the first portion of sugar out of 2 total for this recipe)
• 1 individual Egg
• ¼ cup Molasses
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon Ground Ginger
• ½ teaspoon Ground Cloves
• ¼ cup Sugar (2nd portion of sugar out of 2 total)

DIRECTIONS:

• Using a stand mixer (or a hand mixer in a large bowl) cream the butter and 1 cup of sugar.
• Add egg and beat well. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Add molasses, mix well. Scrape down the sides.
• Combine flour, baking soda, salt and spices in another bowl. Add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Chill dough for at least 6 hours.
• Shape the dough into 1-inch balls.
• Place ¼ cup of sugar in a medium bowl. Roll the dough balls in sugar so they’re thoroughly covered. Place two inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
• Allow cookies to cool for two minutes in the pan before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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