Libbie's Molasses Cookies
Created by dienia b on August 17, 2014
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #13891
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup shortening, soft
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- TOPPING
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: Cream shortening and brown sugar together. Add egg. Add molasses.
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Step 2: Sift flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger together; add to creamed mixture.
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Step 3: Chill dough overnight.
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Step 4: Roll in balls the size of a walnut.
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Step 5: Roll on sugar.
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Step 6: Place on pan; put 3 drops of water on each ball.
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Step 7: Bake just until set, but not hard, at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (35.5 g)
- Calories 157.2
- Total Fat - 7.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.3 g
- Cholesterol - 8.7 mg
- Sodium - 134.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 22.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 13.1 g
- Protein - 1.5 g
- Calcium - 11.8 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg