Molasses Cookies embody all the spicy flavors of the holidays and taste like soft and chewy gingerbread. If you are only going to bake one cookie this year, it should be this one!
– In a large bowl, cream softened butter, shortening, granulated sugar and brown sugar.– Add egg and molasses, mix until smooth.– In separate bowl, add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground cloves, and ground ginger. Whisk until blended.
– Add flour mixture to wet ingredients.– Mix just until flour is no longer visible.– Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl, mix in any dough that was scraped off the bottom and sides.
– Roll dough into cookies balls.– Place sugar-coated cookie balls onto a plate or cookie sheets and place into the refrigerator and refrigerate for at least one hour and up to 5 days.
– Remove the dough balls from the refrigerator before preheating the oven. They will spread out more the longer they sit at room temperature.– Preheat an oven .– Place cookie balls onto a cookie sheet and bake or just until the centers of the cookies no longer look wet.
– Remove from the oven and allow to sit on the cookie sheets.– Remove the cookies to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before attempting to stack, decorate, or store.