Tag Archives: Molasses with sugar topping

 

What are cookies made of?  Sugar and spice and everything nice,  these cookies are cookies grandmothers use to make.  A Southern cookie that is chewy and soft with a crunch top.

Molasses cookies are also known as Ginger snaps.  Molasses cookie can be made with a sugar topping,  cheese frosting or with icing.  For a large cookie bake a little longer and less baking for soft cookies.  For a nice chewy center,  remove freshly baked cookies from  the cookie sheet and place cookies on wax paper to cool.

If you want a firm crunchy cookie, place cookies on a wire rack as soon the cookies are freshly baked from the oven to cool.

I attached several photos for ideas. Enjoy <3

 

ingredients:

3/4 cup butter (shortening use to be used back in the days)

1 cup white sugar

1 large egg

1/4 cup dark molasses

2 cups sifted flour

1 teaspoon baking power

1 teaspoon baking soda

pinch of sea salt

1/4 teaspoon all spice

1 teaspoon  ground ginger

1/8  teaspoon nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon  ground cloves

1 teaspoon cinnamon

 

Topping: Icing  or  sugar

 

 

Directions: For cookie  Oven 375 degrees   Bake  8-12 minutes

Whip butter and eggs using an electric beater or your kitchen aid.  Add  sugars and molasses a little at a time.  Mix in all other ingredients.  Chill cookie dough for about one hour before making cookies.

Prepare  a lined cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Using your hands,  roll small balls of dough and flatten out cookie on a cookie sheet. (does not have to be completely flat, cookie will spread).

Place each cookie 2 inches apart.   Sprinkle with sugar before baking or use icing once cookies are completely cool.  Cookies will have a crack crinkle top.

Cool on a wired rack completely before icing.

 

Icing for the cookies:

1 cup confectioners sugar (powder sugar)

2-4 teaspoons milk

2 teaspoon light corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon vanilla pure extract

In a small bowl mix  sugar and milk, corn syrup until smooth, adding vanilla.

Adjust  milk and corn syrup until you get the consistency you want.  Less milk or corn syrup for a harder icing.

When cookies are completely cooled,  line cookies close together.  Using a fork,  dip it into the icing than drizzle icing over cookies using a zig zag form.