Here’s an old recipe for old fashion soft molasses cookies. These cookies are soft and the texture is more like that of a cake than a crisp cookie. They’re guaranteed to make all of your house smell like gingerbread. These cookies are highly addictive, so don’t be surprised if you sample more than one while they’re cooling.
Old Fashion Soft Molasses Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 6 tablespoons cold water
- sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with baking spray or line with parchment paper.
- Sift flour, ginger, cinnamon, salt. Dissolve soda in hot water.
- Mix shortening, sugar, molasses, and egg until very light and fluffy. Mix in flour mixture alternately with cold water; then mix in soda.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2" apart, onto cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake 10 minutes. Cool on racks before storing.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 121kcalCarbohydrates: 18.9gProtein: 1.4gFat: 4.6gSaturated Fat: 1.4gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 133mgSugar: 8.5g
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Hi Sherry I just wanted to let you know that I made your cookies and have posted on my blog. Thank you for a nice old fashion cookie……….just like grannie would of made……………..andi thewednesdaybaker
Awesome! So glad you liked them.