Molasses Sugar Cookies I

By Addie

"These cookies store wonderfully and keep for several days." - Tiffany Rogers

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter flavored shortening
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

Preparation

Step 1

Cream together until light and fluffy butter flavored shortening and brown sugar. Add egg and molasses and beat well. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves and ginger. Add to creamed mixture and mix well. Chill at least 1 hour or overnight.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Roll into 1-inch balls, roll in sugar. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from pan.
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REVIEWS:

My son says these are the best cookies I've ever made, and I agree! I used butter instead of shortening. YUM!!!

For me, this is the perfect molasses cookie. I've been searching for years and finally found it - crisp yet chewy, tasting of molasses and spices and sugar, melting in the mouth. Think the Starbuck's molasses cookie but smaller. Not being fond of shortening, I compromised with half butter flavor shortening and half butter, and being very fond of cloves, I upped the cloves to 1 1/2 teaspoons. Otherwise, I followed the recipe, and was very happy. Be aware that the dough is rather sticky, so your hands will be too when you're done. Well worth the trouble though.

I offered these cookies at a party along with 5 other treats, and these went the quickest. They were a combination of chewy, soft and crisp. This will replace my current molassas cookie recipe for sure! Delicious!!

I love the flavor of these cookies! I substitute butter for shortening/these really satisfy my molasses craving.

Loved these! I have never heard of a molasses cookie, but OMG Yum! I chilled the dough for about an hour and they turned out plump & chewy. Cooled mine on a granite counter to keep them soft. 8 minutes baking was definately enough for my oven. A new family (and neighborhood favorite :)

A yummy old-fashioned tasting cookie. I usually add a 3/4 cup of raisins.

These are so yummy and very easy to make. Thanks so much for sharing this keeper of a recipe.

These are absolutely the best cookies I've ever made! I did use 1/2 cup butter and 1/4 c shortening, just because that was what I had on hand, and they turned out great! They were supposed to be a gift but we are most of them!

Amazed at how much I LOVED these since I'm not always a big molasses girl, but whoa!

Big success! I substituted butter for shortening. The cookies were very flavorful and totally hit the spot with my family. Will make again!

I did not make any changes to this recipe and these cookies came out delicious!! The next time I make them I will try using real butter as suggested.

Yum! This recipe is perfect. My dad's favorite cookie is a "Joe Frogger" that his mom made him as he was growing up. I used this recipe (exactly, no changes) to try and duplicate it and he said that these were better! (It is very rare that my father ever says anything is better than his mom's original.) My husband and in-laws loved it too!

If I could give this recipe 6 stars I would!!! Warm out of the oven these are delicious.The absolute best molasses cookie I have ever had.Probably one of the best COOKIES I have ever eaten.yummm....just wanted to add for the record I only used 1/4 tsp cloves and 1/2 tsp ginger.