Something sweet

Mom's Molasses Cookies

Serves 8 $0.65 est. / serving

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Estimated ingredient cost$5.19For the whole recipe · ingredients used

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YOUR TIME IN THE KITCHEN

Make something good.

01
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
02
Combine sugar and butter in a medium bowl and mix on low-speed until blended (creamed).
03
Mix in egg and molasses to sugar mixture until blended.
04
Add the remaining ingredients and mix until blended.
05
Drop by the spoonful (or use a cookie dough scoop) on a nonstick baking sheet (I prefer Williams Sonoma’s nonstick goldtouch cookie sheets – they’re a little pricy, but I’ve had mine for three years and they work perfectly, no sticking, no mess and just a wipe down to clean). I put 6-9 cookies per sheet.
06
Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes.

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Foodista / Common Pile

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Photograph

Photo of Moravian Molasses Cookies — Foodista. Source-provided contributor credit: By Foodista member purplehousedirt

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Sugar
File:Bowl of white sugar.jpg — Douglas P Perkins. Own work
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Butter
File:Butter curls.jpg — David Masters. Flickr : Curled Butter
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Egg
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Baking soda, dried
File:No name sans nom baking soda.jpg — Michael Francis McCarthy. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sagamiono/4299196396/
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Cinnamon, ground
File:Cinnamon powder.jpg — Quatrostein. Own work
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Salt
File:Table salt (53686886134).jpg — Conall from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. table salt. Original embedded copyright notice: CONALLMCCAUGHEY
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Plain ground ginger
File:Thiru3.jpg — THIRUSMT2410. Own work. Original embedded copyright notice: Copyright 2011
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All-purpose flour, dried
File:All-Purpose Flour (4107895947).jpg — Veganbaking.net from USA. All-Purpose Flour
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