Dad's Favorite Molasses Cookies. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. In a stand mixer fitted with a cookie paddle, or with a hand mixer, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Great recipe for Dad's Favorite Molasses Cookies. My dad loved molasses cookies and passed that love on to my generation. Now, I have kids and wanted to continue this old time cookie recipe.
Unfortunately, I could never find the right recipe like mom used to make; thankfully she still had it and.
In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture.
You can cook Dad's Favorite Molasses Cookies using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Dad's Favorite Molasses Cookies
- Prepare 3/4 cup of Shortening.
- It's 1 cup of Brown Sugar (packed).
- You need 1 of Egg.
- You need 1/4 cup of Molasses.
- It's 2 1/4 cup of Flour.
- Prepare 2 tsp of Baking Soda.
- It's 1/4 tsp of Salt.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Cloves.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Cinnamon.
- It's 1 tsp of Ginger.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of White Sugar (to tip dough balls into).
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice; set aside. Cream butter and sugars; add egg, molasses and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir in Rogers Porridge Oats and coconut.
Dad's Favorite Molasses Cookies instructions
- Thoroughly mix the shortening, brown sugar, egg, and molasses..
- Mix 1 cup of the flour and the rest of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Then, add the remaining flour and mix it in..
- Chill for at least 2 hours..
- Preheat oven to 375*.
- Roll dough into balls and dip into the white sugar, then place onto a cooking sheet with the sugar side up..
- Bake at 375 for 8:30..
- Enjoy!.
These delicious molasses gingerbread cookies are especially good to make for the Christmas Holidays. They bring back special memories for many and make great gifts. My Dad had a just a few things he liked to make and they were: whole wheat bread, chili, and molasses cookies. Beat butter, eggs, sugar and vanilla together until they are light and fluffy. Sift flour with baking powder, soda and salt and stir them into the first mixture.