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best chewy molasses cookies

Best Chewy Molasses Cookies

Chewy and delicious molasses cookies made with warm spices are the perfect holiday cookie. 
5 from 26 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 52 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 18 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¾ cups All-Purpose Flour
  • cup Brown Sugar
  • ½ cup Butter softened
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 3 tablespoon Molasses
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
  • ¼ cup Granulated Sugar For rolling prior to baking

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and brown sugar until smooth. Add vanilla extract and molasses and mix to combine. Add egg and beat until smooth.
  • Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat until fully combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to chill.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll about 1-½ tablespoons of cookie dough into a ball. Then roll into granulated sugar and transfer to the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
  • Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes until golden and a toothpick runs through the cookie and comes out clean. When done transfer cookies to a cooling rack.
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