Karens Molasses Crinkles Recipes

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugars. Add egg, vanilla and molasses and continue beating until incorporated.
• Stir dry ingredients together in a separate bowl; then add to creamed mixture. Mix together. The dough will be soft; add a little extra flour if you like. Watch the video for tips on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM21ykIsqUA.
• Roll the cookie dough into one inch balls. Roll the balls in additional sugar and place on baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
• Let cool on the baking sheet for a couple minutes and remove to wire rack to continue cooling.

Steps:

• Mix first four ingredients; then sift and stir in remaining ingredients.
• Chill dough.
• Roll into balls the size of large walnuts.
• Dip tops in sugar.
• Place sugared side up, 3" apart on greased baking sheet.
• Sprinkle each cookie with 2-3 drops of water to produce a cracked surface.
• Bake until set, not hard, 10-12 minutes, at 375°.
• Yield: 4 doz.
• cookies.

Steps:

• Cream the shortening and the brown sugar. Stir in the egg and molasses and mix well.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger. Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture and mix well. Cover and chill dough for at least 2 to 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Roll dough into balls the size of large walnuts. Roll balls in sugar and place 3 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool for one minute before transferring to a wire rack to continue cooling.

Steps:

• Thoroughly mix wet ingredients together - - shortening, sugar, egg and molasses.
• Blend all dry ingredients together and then stir into the wet ingredients.
• Chill cookie dough for 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Roll dough into balls the size of large walnuts.
• Dip tips of balls into sugar.
• Place, sugared side up, 3" apart on a greased baking sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375*.
• Mix brown sugar, shortening, egg, and molasses in a bowl.
• Mix in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar.
• Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls, dip in granulated sugar.
• Place balls, sugared sides up, about 3" apart on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake just until set, 10 to 12 mins.
• Immediately remove from cookie sheet.
• Enjoy!