Pennsylvania Dutch Soft Molasses Cookies

Name: Pennsylvania Dutch Soft Molasses Cookies
Yield: Makes about 40 cookies
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ⅓ cup hot water; ½ cup sugar; 1 egg; ¾ cup molasses; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; ½ teaspoon ground ginger; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; 3 cups all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes about
40
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

Another old-fashioned nineteenth- century recipe, straight from the middle of Pennsylvania Dutch country, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It comes from Esther Hoffman, mother of my friend Lynn Hoffman.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon

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Method

Set the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices; stir well to mix.
In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachmen