New Go-To Molasses Ginger Cookies
Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram My friend Emily over at One Lovely Life asked on Instagram the other day about what you’re GOOD at as a mom. I know that I’m a total failure when it comes to being punctual, doing awesome hairdos for the girls, and making sure my kids are not wearing plaids and florals together. But I am pretty good at making sure there are always freshly baked cookies around. We all have our talents, right?? What are you best at when it comes to parenting? Look, see? Alive, clothed, and full of cookies. (They must be, why else would they look so happy?) What more could you possibly need? There are lots of different recipes for Molasses Cookies out there, and many of them are alike. I posted this recipe for Soft Ginger Cookies back in 2012, which is pretty similar, but I think today’s Molasses cookies will be my go-to from now on. But there are two reasons I use all shortening in these cookies: 1) the cookies are spicy enough from the ginger and cinnamon that the butter flavor doesn’t have as important of a role as it does in, say, chocolate chip cookies. And 2) we want these cookies to PUFF. To get an effortlessly tall cookie, use shortening. It will never fail you! If you want to swap the shortening for all or partial butter in this recipe, go for it! They will still bake up great! They just will be a little bit more like gingersnaps: flatter and more crisp. Molasses cookies are meant to be tall and puffy and soft dreamily thick in the center. That’s exactly what today’s recipe (as written) will give you. The other big difference between molasses cookies and gingersnaps is the bake time. Molasses cookies rolled about the size of a walnut should not be baked much past 8-9 minutes. The minute that you see cracks forming on top of the cookies, take them out and let cool. When you’re ready to serve, thaw them in the fridge if frozen, then enjoy at room temperature, or warm them in the microwave. Gramma Prudy’s Classic Gingersnaps « Like today’s recipe, but crispier and flatter :) Chocolate Chunk Gingerbread Cookies « chocolate and ginger: amazing combo, right? Nutella Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies « everything is better when it’s stuffed with Nutella. Orange and Ginger Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle from A Family Feast Chocolate Ginger Molasses Cookies from Well Plated Gingerbread Cookie Rings from In Katrina’s Kitchen
