Molasses Crinkles

Molasses Crinkles are our family-favorite classic molasses cookies. Who needs those ginger snaps from a box when y'all tin sack whip upwardly your real ain ginger & molasses beauties at home? Oh, together with these Molasses Crinkles are only perfect for that Christmas cookie central or cookie tray, too!

Who needs those ginger snaps from a box when y'all tin sack whip upwardly your real ain ginger Molasses Crinkles

Do y'all ever convey to a greater extent than or less solid unit of measurement favorites that appear to autumn off your baking or cooking radar covert for a while?

I'm non certain why it happens, but at times I appear to forget almost to a greater extent than or less of our favorites. Which is just what happened amongst these beautiful together with delicious Molasses Crinkles. I convey no sentiment why ... but I seemed to convey forgotten almost these molasses beauties together with hadn't made them inward years.

Who needs those ginger snaps from a box when y'all tin sack whip upwardly your real ain ginger & molasses beauties at home?

I'm therefore glad I in conclusion remembered them. Because oh wow, they're tasty. Loaded amongst molasses, cinnamon, ground ginger, together with ground cloves, Molasses Crinkles pack wonderful gingerbread flavor.

Which makes them perfect for enjoying amongst Christmas cookie exchanges together with cookie trays. But our solid unit of measurement loves to snack on them year-round, too.

It's fun when y'all rediscover an sometime favorite classic, isn't it?

The recipe for these golden beauties comes from a solid unit of measurement friend of my mom's from waaaayyyy dorsum when I was a kid. I squall back my mom making these Molasses Crinkles when I was similar vi or 7 years old, which I'l tell ... was quite a long time ago.

I tin sack squall back helping mom ringlet the dough into balls. And therefore helping dip the balls inward saccharide ... which, to me, was the best part! I mean, what fry doesn't beloved to dip something inward sugar?

Especially when that "something" is going to bake upwardly into a beautifully rich together with delicious cookie.

To brand the namesake crinkles inward these Molasses Crinkles cookies, y'all squish the cookies amongst your fingertips or the palm of your mitt part-way through their baking time. Growing up, Mom ever handled that part. But since I've grown upwardly a bit, I instantly larn the fun of squishing the cookies all on my own.

When I made this latest batch, I decided to practise a picayune experimenting to exam the crinkle results of squishing the Molasses Crinkles at unlike times inward the baking. I tested no squishing at all, squishing early on inward the baking process, together with squishing belatedly inward the baking time.

I discovered that when y'all squish the cookies does indeed significantly impact the await of the crinkles inward the finished baked cookies. Here are my results, therefore y'all tin sack create upwardly one's hear the sort of crinkles you desire inward your Molasses Crinkles.

When you squish the cookies does indeed significantly impact the await of the crinkles inward the finished baked cookies.

In the painting present below:

1. FIRST COOKIE No squishing at all. I only wanted to run across what would hap if at that spot was no squishing involved. You larn a teeny fleck of crinkly cracks, but it's non existent pretty.

2. SECOND COOKIE Squished before inward the baking process, after almost v minutes of baking. As y'all tin sack see, y'all larn lots of pocket-sized cracks together with crinkles. And the cookies spread out a tad fleck to a greater extent than spell they bake. This is my mom's favorite Molasses Crinkles crinkle result.

3. THIRD COOKIE Squished afterwards inward the baking process, after almost 7 together with 1/2 minutes of baking. This results inward fewer, larger crinkles together with cracks. This is my favorite crinkle result.

See all those big, bold, beautiful cracks? I beloved them!

One thing's certainly I guarantee it won't live on years before I brand Molasses Crinkles again.

Nope. I'm non going to allow these yummy beauties autumn dorsum into the "forgotten favorites" category. They sense of savor agency also skillful to allow that hap again.

Like I did, I encourage y'all to rediscover a forgotten favorite ... fifty-fifty if it's not these gorgeous Molasses Crinkles. I think you'll live on glad y'all did!

Thank y'all for stopping past times . We'd beloved to convey y'all dorsum soon!

Molasses Crinkles

Source: A solid unit of measurement friend a loooooooooong fourth dimension ago

(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

1 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. shortening
1 egg
1/4 c. molasses
2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 c. granulated saccharide (for rolling the dough balls)

Directions

In a large bowl, mix chocolate-brown sugar, shortening, egg, together with molasses until thoroughly combined. In a split bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, together with cloves; stir dry out ingredients into molasses mixture. Cover together with chill the dough for 1 hour.
Place granulated saccharide inward a pocket-sized bowl. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls; ringlet each ball inward granulated sugar. Place on a real lightly greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees for a total of ix - eleven minutes. Part agency through baking (see times below), gently milk tremble the cookie sail together with lightly press downwards on the tops of the baking cookies to arrive at a crinkled, cracked surface. {FOR LOTS OF SMALL CRINKLES: press cookies downwards after v minutes of baking. FOR LARGER CRINKLES: Press cookies downwards after almost 7 1/2 minutes of baking. Then proceed baking until the total baking fourth dimension of ix - eleven minutes is done.}

Makes almost three dozen.

Enjoy!

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