Cookies are made of butter and love. ~Norwegian Proverb
These cookies are just wonderful this time of the year and make your house smell so good while they are baking in the oven. My 4 year old grandson is a cookie monster and he can vouch for this recipe.
1 cup softened butter or margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup molasses
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Cream together the butter, brown sugar and egg.
Stir in molasses. Add flour and baking soda, cinnamon and ginger. Cover the dough and chill one hour in refrigerator. Make the dough into walnut sized balls and roll in granulated sugar. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, spray cookie sheet. Place cookies 2 inches apart and press down with fork dipped in sugar. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Makes about 40 cookies. Enjoy!
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Oh now you’re hit the spot, Judy. I love molasses cookies! And look how nice and pretty yours turned out. I can tell that you are a good baker.
I love this site, nothing like southern food, I am going to try this recipe and add ginger to it , see how it taste .
Thank for sharing…
Hi Becky, Glad you enjoy Southern food. Good luck with the recipe. I think experimenting and creating our own recipes is definitely part of the joy of cooking. Good luck and thanks for stopping by The Southern Lady Cooks.
Making these this week-end!! Sounds wonderful! I love, love this site!
Thank you so much Linda for your great comment. I hope you enjoy the cookies!
My mouth is watering! I love molasses cookies and will be making these soon. SO glad you shared – thank you!
Perfect for the holidays! Or this weekend.
Judy, I’ve been wanting to bake something good ~ and I think these cookies will do it! I’m always confident your recipes will turn out nicely
Have a great Friday & weekend!
Hi Megan. Hope you enjoy this recipe. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.
It’s like you heard my wish and made it come true, Judy! My cooking-loving, almost-96-year-old friend Chuck is originally from the South — and his latest requests have been for molasses cookies. I’ve been searching for the perfect recipe — and yours is it. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Hi Laura, So happy you are making these for your friend. Enjoy! Thanks for commenting and have a great weekend.
I can’t wait to make these! I absolutely love molasses cookies, but for some strange reason, have never made them.
I hope you and your family enjoy this recipe!
Can you believe I’ve never made molasses cookies before? I have all the ingredients…I will make these this weekend!
Joanne, I hope your family enjoys these cookies!
Just in case you missed it, we wanted to share the link from Friday…
http://gooseberrypatch.typepad.com/blog/2011/09/ff-take-a-bloggy-tour.html
This yummy recipe was part of our bloggy tour…thanks for sharing it!
WOW, Jennifer! I did miss it and thanks for sharing with me now and for sharing my recipe. I was babysitting my 4 year old grandson on Friday and over the weekend. He keeps me running constantly!
Love the Molasses Cookies….Make them again today.
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This is the same recipe I received from my Mother. Adored the taste and smell when growing up. I have baked these for my children and now grandchildren…a real family favorite! May I suggest the use of Brer Rabbit molasses? It has the most intense flavor and in my experience has resulted in the best tasting molasses cookie.
I will check for Brer Rabbit molasses. Don’t remember seeing them around here in the grocery. I usually use sorghum molasses in these that I get from the Amish. It is really good, too.
These are my husbands favorite cookies, his grandma used to make them for him all the time! Glad I found a recipe to carry on the tradition with! Thanks for sharing!