Grandpa's Favorite Molasses Cookies

Gingerbread man cookies are fun, but nothing tastes so good as these chewy molasses cookies. Grandpa's Favorite Molasses Cookies taste like good old fashioned gingerbread recipes, with a soft cookie texture in a crunchy sugar coating.

Notes

Makes about three dozen cookies.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup cane or sorghum molasses
4 cups all-purpose or unbleached flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Cream sugar and shortening; add eggs and molasses.
Mix flour, salt, soda and spices and combine into to creamed mixture until texture is consistent.
Roll into walnut-sized balls. If desired, roll balls in granulated sugar.
Place the balls on greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 375 F for close to 10 minutes.

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Lynn K

Aug 10, 2017

I can understand why these are Grandpas Favorite Molasses Cookies because they are absolutely DELICIOUS! They smelt so wonderful while they were baking today that we were all standing at the oven door just waiting for the timer to buzz, lol. Easy to make too so, for me, this recipe is definitely a keeper.

escobarguerra 5248 289

Oct 21, 2011

Yummy grandpa's molasses cookies. Now what I would love to have is a recipe of A Moist Rum Bundt or pound cake. Please please.... Am surprised that Paula Deen has not come up With the Moist Rum Cake. If she has I certainly Missed it. Now Paula,...you come up with the Rum Cake And if you want too...I will teach you how to really make The Real Texas Tamales. Yeah I know there are all Kinds of Tamale Recipes...but not the real Texas Tamale I gurantee It! I am talking about the tamales that I learned from the early 40's. Cordially Yolanda Millien