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Molasses Crisp Cookies

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: christmas cookies, cookies
Servings: 36
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Equipment

Ingredients

DRY INGEDIENTS

  • 4 c. unbleached flour
  • 1 T. cornstarch
  • 1 T. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. ginger
  • 1 tsp. clove
  • 1 tsp. salt

WET INGREDIENTS

  • ½ c. unsalted butter melted & cooled
  • 2 c. sugar
  • ⅔ c. robust molasses
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ tsp. vanilla

Instructions

PREP

  • Whisk together dry ingredients in a bowl.
  • Line cookie sheets with Silpat or parchment paper.

BATTER

  • Cream butter and sugar until fluffy and light in color. Add eggs, molasses, and vanilla and mix together.
  • Add in dry ingredients and mix together until batter just comes together. Chill 2 hours to overnight to let flavors meld together.

BAKE

  • Scoop batter into balls using a medium cookie scoop. Roll balls into a bowl of white sanding sugar. Place cookies on baking sheet 1# apart.
  • Pre-heat oven to 350°
  • Bake cookies for about 10 minutes. Take out and let them sit on cookie sheet another 2-4 minutes and they will crisp up on the cookie sheet.
  • Let cookies cool and store in sealed container on counter 2-3 days or in freezer up to 6 months.