Molasses Cookies

Name: Molasses Cookies
Yield: 24 very large flat cookies
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 egg; 1¾ cups unbleached all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon ground cloves; ½ teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ cup molasses; 12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter; 1 cup sugar

Preparation info

24
very large flat cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Silver Palate Cookbook

By Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins

Published 1982

About

These soft, chewy, spicy cookies were one of the store’s most popular. Don’t expect them to be crisp; they are not gingersnaps. They stay moist, in an airtight tin, for at least a week.

Ingredients

12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup sugar<

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Remove from the heat, add the sugar and molasses, and mix. Lightly beat the egg and add to the butter mixture; blend well.
Sift the flour with the cloves, ginger, cinnamo