Soft Molasses Spice Cookies
Created by Felix4067 on December 16, 2012
- Servings: 84
- Prep Time: 2h
- Cook Time: 8-10m
- Recipe #7097
Ingredients
- 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3/4 cup oil (vegetable oil)
- 1 1/2 cups molasses
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup granulated sugar, for rolling
How to Make
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Step 1: Combine dry ingredients together in a bowl until well-mixed.
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Step 2: Combine wet ingredients in a bowl until well-mixed.
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Step 3: Gradually add flour mixture to wet ingredients and mix well.
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Step 4: Cover and refrigerate dough at least one hour (I've left it up to two days).
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Step 5: Preheat oven to 375F; grease baking sheets.
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Step 6: Using your hands, roll dough into balls slightly larger than walnuts, then roll in granulated sugar to coat.
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Step 7: Place balls about 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
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Step 8: Bake at 375F for 8-10 minutes, watching carefully so the bottoms don't burn.
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Step 9: Cool completely on wire racks before storing.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (23.5 g)
- Calories 84.6
- Total Fat - 2.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.3 g
- Cholesterol - 0.2 mg
- Sodium - 90.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 15.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 9.4 g
- Protein - 0.9 g
- Calcium - 16.7 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg