Stacey Adimando

Molasses Spice Cookies with Freshly Ground Spices

Preparation info
  • Makes:

    4 Dozen

    Cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cookiepedia: Mixing Baking, and Reinventing the Classics
The Cookiepedia

By Stacey Adimando

Published 2011

  • About

These wintry cookies get overlooked for being too traditional. But when you’re craving a gingery treat, they’re softer and chewier than their spicy crisp gingersnap cousins, and twice the size.

Ingredients

  • 2⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon

Method

  1. Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices into a bowl and set it aside.
  2. Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed for several minutes until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined. Add the molasses and mix until combined.
  3. Add the flour mixture in thirds and mix on low just until incorporated.
  4. Cover the dough an