CHEWY MOLASSES COOKIES
"Delicious chewy old fashioned spice cookies. Especially good for Christmas and New Year"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
30 cookies
- Serves:
- 15
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups shortening
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1⁄2 cup molasses
- 2 eggs
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
directions
- Melt shortening in a large pan on the stove. Let cool.
- Add sugar, eggs, and molasses, beat well.
- In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and add to the pan. Mix welll.
- Chill in refrigerator for 3 hours or overnight.
- Form into walnut size balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.m.
- Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.
- Store in airtight container.
- Be careful not to overbake. If they loose their softness, place one slice of fresh bread in the container with the cookies for a couple of hours or overnight and they will be soft again.
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I am a retired AT&T (alias Soluthwestern Bell) employee. I love to cook and have collected many recipes through the years, mostly from family members. Some have been revised from original and a few I have created. I love collecting and sharing and I think this recipe exchange is simply devine.
