Molasses Sugar Cookies. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves and ginger; add to sugar mixture and mix well. In a medium bowl, blend the shortening, sugar, molasses and egg.

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Ingredients of Molasses Sugar Cookies

You need 3/4 cup of shortening.
Prepare 2 cup of flour.
You need 1 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1/4 cup of molasses.
You need 1 of egg.
You need 2 tsp of baking soda.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground cloves.
It's 1/2 tsp of ginger.
It's 1 tsp of cinnamon.
You need 1/2 tsp of salt.

Divide dough in half; wrap each half in plastic food wrap. Combine and stir dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, sugar, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until combined. The cookies should crackle on top and have golden edges.

Molasses Sugar Cookies step by step

Preheat oven to 375.
Melt shortening; let cool.
Mix all ingredients..
Chill dough for at least 1 hour.
Form into 1 inch balls; roll in granulated sugar and place on greased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart..
Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes..

Whisk the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt together until combined. These chewy, crinkly, spiced sugar cookies are the perfect showcase for what molasses can do. Like brown sugar, molasses gives a firm chewiness to cookies and adds a rich, caramelized sweetness. I love all the warm spices, too—they are excellent for cold weather. — Posie (Harwood) Brien Instructions. In a bowl attached to a stand mixer (or with a hand mixer), cream together coconut oil, sugar, and molasses for several minutes until creamy.