Molasses Cookies Silver Palate Recipe 45

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt the butter (I just put it in the microwave), and add sugar and molasses.
• Lightly beat the egg (or use 1/4 cup eggbeaters) and add to the butter mixture, and blend well.
• Sift the dry ingredients together, and add to the butter mixture(I use King Arthur Flour White Whole Wheat--it has the same texture of all-purpose).
• It will look wet.
• Line a cookie sheet with foil.
• Drop the batter by tablespoons onto the foil, 3 inches apart.
• Bake 8-10 minutes, until the cookes darken.
• Remove foil from cookie sheet, and let the cookies cool on the foil.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large bowl, combine oil and 1 cup sugar.
• Add egg, beating well.
• Stir in molasses, 2 cups flour, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger.
• If necessary, add a little more flour to make a firm dough.
• Shape dough into 1 1/4 inch balls.
• Roll in 1/3 cup of sugar.
• Place 3-inces apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 12 minutes or until golden brown and tops crack.
• Cool on racks.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Melt butter, add sugar and molasses, and mix thoroughly. Lightly beat egg and add to butter mixture; blend well. 3. sift flour with spices, salt and baking soda and add to first mixture; mix. Batter will be wet. 4. Lay a sheet of foil on a cookie sheet. Drop tablespoons of cookie batter on foil, leaving 3 inches between the cookies. These will spread during the baking. 5. Bake until cookies start to darken, 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven while still soft. Let cool on foil. makes 24 large flat cookies