Thick Molasses Cookies

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Thick Molasses Cookies

For Christmas, flavors like ginger and cinnamon are truly appropriate. These great cookies call for Christmas specific ingredients and are easy to make! Perfect and just in time for the holiday season, make Thick Molasses Cookies.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tablespoons molasses
  • 2 to 4 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon cloves

Instructions

  1. Cream the shortening. Add sugar, eggs and molasses. Add dry ingredients and mix.
     
  2. Amount of flour will vary with all sorts of factors, so just keep adding it until you can handle the dough. The more flour, the crunchier the cookies.
     
  3. Shape dough into balls, roll in granulated sugar.
     
  4. Bake at 350 degrees F on greased cookie sheets for 10 minutes. (If you are making these large, this may vary).

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