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Easy Molasses Cookies

These bronze beauties are EASY to make! They're delight to smell, too, and deliriously delicious to eat.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time38 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookies, molasses, easy,
Servings: 24 cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, melted and slightly cooled
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar, plus extra for coating
  • 1/3 cup molasses
  • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt. In a separate medium-size bowl, whisk together the egg, butter, sugar, molasses and dark brown sugar. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and stir with a stout spoon just to combine. Chill the dough in the fridge for 20 minutes.
  • While the dough is chilling, arrange racks in the upper and lower third of the oven, and heat the oven to 375°F. Also, line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Pour some granulated sugar (about 1/3 cup) into a small bag or pie plate. Tear off tablespoon-size clumps of dough, and roll them, between the palms of your hands, to form balls. Drop a few balls at a time into the bag of sugar, and shake the bag to the coat the balls. If your sugar is in a pie plate, simply roll the balls in the sugar to coat them. Space the balls
    about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
  • Bake, rotating the sheets halfway through, until the cookies puff and their tops develop cracks -- 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks for further cooling. Enjoy with coffee, tea, or fine champagne.