Molasses cookies!

[ChowHappy]

anyone have a good molasses cookie recipe? or any other vegetarian use for molasses? thanks!

[Cynsa]

this is easy to whip together in a jiffy -
mix together:
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1 beaten egg
4 Tbl. molasses
1 tsp. vanilla
Stir in:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. salt
optional: I like to add 1 tablespoon of instant espresso powder

Shape in one-inch balls and roll in sugar (I use raw sugar)
Bake 9 to 10 minutes at 350°F. on ungreased cookie sheet. Remove to wire rack to cool.

[OldDog]

This is an old family recipe from my husband's side ...

Aunt Dorothy's Molasses Sugar Cookies

3/4 C. shortening
1 C. sugar
1/4 C. molasses

Melt together in saucepan over low heat & let cool.

Add:
1 egg
2 tsp. baking soda
2 C. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. each salt, ground cloves and ginger

Beat well & chill for at least an hour (overnight is fine.)

When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Form dough into 1" balls & roll in additional sugar to coat. Space about 2" apart on cookie sheets, bake 8-10 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen...doubling works fine, and so does adding more of your favorite spices.

[sandramrma]

We like to add molasses to our beans as they cook.

[mightycheesehead]

I do a very similar recipe OldDog. I increase the amount of ground cloves and ginger to 1 tsp each. Chilling the dough is definately key! I like to roll the balls in coarse sugar and then flatten with the bottom of a cup.
The baked cookies also freeze very well.

[another_adam]

In fact, this is almost identical to the "molasses crinkles" recipe! (except it uses brown sugar for the cup of sugar...) I find that they spread while baking and don't need to be pressed down. (There's an instruction in that recipe to sprinkle the cookies lightly with a few drops of water before they go in the oven, but I don't know if that affects the spreading, or indeed, why it is needed)

[another_adam]

A childhood favorite that I grew up with was the betty crocker "molasses crinkles" recipe:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/r...
And of course, though it's not a cookie, there's always gingerbread--dark and moist and not too sweet

I sometimes put a little molasses in a veggie chili to add some depth and complexity to complement the spice (I make it quite spicy)