These molasses cookies come highly requested from my Dad, he grew up eating these cookies. His mom, my MiMi, loved to bake; I remember when she used to baby-sit me, we would make these cookies to give to my Daddy when he would pick me up after work. I never wanted to leave my MiMi’s house, I loved baking with her and spending time with her and my cousin Kyle who she baby-sat as well! To me these cookies are very “cake-like” not chewy, and not crunchy, a little dense, but by no means heavy! I recommend using coffee instead of water, just make a little extra Joe in the morning and put it aside for later use when it is time to start baking – the coffee really helps enhance the molasses taste.
I always add my own touch by adding raisins (my Dad’s fav) and a sprinkling of nutmeg. The cookies are best when taken out of the oven at around the 8 minute mark – BUT allow the cookies to rest and harden up before removing them from the cookie sheet – otherwise the cookies will crumble moving them from the cookie sheet to cooling rack. Enjoy!
MiMi’s Molasses Cookies
Yield – about two dozen cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup dark molasses
1 egg
1/3 cup coffee or water
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
Directions:
- Cream together butter, sugar, molasses, egg and coffee/water
- Mix together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt
- Mix dry ingredients with butter mixture
- Scoop about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie onto a greased cookie sheet
- Bake at 400 degrees about 8 minutes, let cool on sheet to firm up before removing to cooling rack
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