Freshly baked! So delicious! Another recipe from the Best Recipe Cookbook. These guys rock. Here it is:
Molasses-Spice Cookies
These oversized cookies are especially attractive, with a rich, dark
color, almost perfectly round edges, a surface marked with deep
cracks, and an even thickness from the edge to the center. They stay
incredibly soft and chewy, even days after they are baked. It is
important to underbake the cookies (they won't look done when you take
them out of the oven) and then let them firm up as they cool on the
baking sheet. If you overbake the cookies, they will become dry and
crisp.
Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus 1/3 cup for rolling cookies
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsulphured molasses
Preparation
Adjust racks to upper- and lower-middle position and heat oven to 375
degrees. Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and spices together in medium
bowl; set aside.
Either by hand or with electric mixer, cream butter, brown sugar, and
1/2 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes on
medium speed. Scrape sides of bowl with rubber spatula. Add egg,
vanilla extract, and molasses. Beat until combined, about 30 seconds.
Scrape sides of bowl.
Add dry ingredients and beat at low speed until just combined, about
30 seconds.
Place remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar in shallow bowl. Working with
2 tablespoons of dough each time, roll dough into 1 3/4-inch balls.
Rolls balls in sugar and place them on ungreased baking sheets,
spacing them 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart.
Bake, reversing position of cookie sheets (from top to bottom and fron
to back) halfway through baking, until outer edges begin to set and
centers are soft and puffy, 11 to 13 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets
for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to cooling racks with wide
spatula.
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mwhammer 52 months ago | reply
great stack!
~betka 45 months ago | reply
they look so delicious!
caitlinzaino 40 months ago | reply
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Little Grey 39 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called pretty sweets, and we'd love to have this added to the group!