The BEST soft molasses cookies (Freezable & Easy)
Ah, holiday molasses cookies are truly the best. I can hardly count the soft molasses cookies I've made and eaten this past month. they are SO good! The best part is you can make a big batch and freeze it! these cookies bake beautifully from frozen. The aroma of the spiced sweet cookies in the oven and the joy of sharing these holiday cookies with others will always hold a special place in my heart.
Equipment
- Measuring cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Mixing Bowl
- Food safe zipper bags - to freeze
- Baking Sheet
- Baking Paper
- Ice cream scoop (optional)
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup flour 188 grams
- 115 grams soft butter 12 cup
- 3 tbsp Blackstrap Molasses
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla perferably high quality
- 0.75 cup Sugar any type of sugar you like
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp ground cloves
- 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg
- 0.5 tsp all spice optionl
- a pinch ground black pepper
- 1 tsp Baking soda
Instructions
- combine all the ingredients except the flour in a big bowl: soft butter, molasses, sugar, spices, baking soda, vanilla.
- incorporate the flour into the mixture and ensure it is fully combined.
- Use an ice cream scoop to form uniformly sized cookie balls and place them on a baking sheet.
- The number of cookies you get will depend on the size of your ice cream scoop, but you should expect around 20 to 30 cookies in total.
- if you wish to freeze your cookies scoop the cookies onto the baking sheet closely together and freeze on the baking sheet for around 30 minutes.
- if you wish to bake the cookies right away bake them at 170c or 340F for 10-15 minutes.
- take the cookies out when they are slightly firm to the touch and let them cool and firm up before serving