Molasses Crinkles Chewy Molasses Crinkle cookies have crackled, sugary tops. The aroma of cinnamon, cloves, and ginger fill the house, making these cookies perfect for Christmas. I found this recipe in the section titled, "The Best Cooky of 1930-1935,” of the Betty Crocker Cooky Book. This cookbook not only looks retro with its pen and ink sketches and flat-looking photos, it really is—copyright 1963. What a treasure to find in the discard pile at our local school. I was pleasantly surprised when I typed “Molasses Crinkles, Betty Crocker,” into Google, and the very same recipe printed in the 1963 cookbook popped up. However, I don't know if I would have found the recipe without looking through the pages of a real cookbook when I was trying to decide what cookies to make. There's something special about holding a real book in your hands, but it's great to have both, real and virtual recipes. Enjoy!
Molasses Crinkles
1 cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup mild-flavor molasses or full-flavor molasses
1 egg
2 ¼ cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon salt
Granulated sugar
Mix shortening, brown sugar, molasses and egg thoroughly in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Heat oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheet. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Dip tops in granulated sugar. Place balls, sugared sides up, 3 inches apart on cookie sheet. Sprinkle each with 2 or 3 drops of water.
Bake 10 minutes or just until set but not hard. (Watch these! The bottoms can burn.) Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Makes: 4 doz. (small) cookies
From the Betty Crocker website. See:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/molasses-crinkles/9cd5e260-bb56-4b41-baac-f42830d14f76
¼ cup mild-flavor molasses or full-flavor molasses
1 egg
2 ¼ cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon salt
Granulated sugar
Mix shortening, brown sugar, molasses and egg thoroughly in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Heat oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheet. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Dip tops in granulated sugar. Place balls, sugared sides up, 3 inches apart on cookie sheet. Sprinkle each with 2 or 3 drops of water.
Bake 10 minutes or just until set but not hard. (Watch these! The bottoms can burn.) Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Makes: 4 doz. (small) cookies
From the Betty Crocker website. See:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/molasses-crinkles/9cd5e260-bb56-4b41-baac-f42830d14f76
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