Molasses Jumbles Recipes

Steps:

• Beat 1 cup sugar and the butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours until dough is firm.
• Heat oven to 375°. Generously grease cookie sheet with shortening. Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on generously floured cloth-covered surface. Cut into 3-inch circles. Sprinkle with sugar. Place about 1 1/2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched lightly in center. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Bring the butter to room temperature so that it is soft.
• Cream the butter with the brown sugar.
• Stir in the molasses.
• Add the egg.
• Measure out the flour and add to the butter/molasses mixture.
• Stir until partially blended.
• Add the milk and blend well.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake 10 min.
• or until set in the center (no imprint remains when lighty touched with a finger).

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth and fluffy.
• Add the molasses and egg; blend until smooth.
• In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices; stir into the creamed mixture just until combined.
• Gently stir in the raisins.
• Cover and chill dough about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375*F.
• Line 2-3 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Shape dough into 1" balls; roll in granulated sugar to coat generously.
• Space 2" apart on the cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the edges are firm and the centers are still slightly soft.
• Transfer cookies to wire racks and cool completely.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in molasses and eggs. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves and ginger; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. , Shape 1/4 cupfuls of dough into balls; roll in sugar. Place four cookies on a greased baking sheet at a time. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until edges are set. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Mix soda into molasses then add brown sugar, eggs cinnamon, and cloves.
• Melt lard, butter and chocolate, then add to mixture.
• Sift in flour gradually, until stiff.
• Refrigerate to make dough hard and easy to roll.
• Roll out dough on floured surface until about 1/4 inch think.
• Cut using a "jumble cutter" (great grandma use to have these custom made) or cut ino 4 inch circles with a 1 inch hole in the middle. You can also use cookie cutters.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 7-9 minutes in 350 degree oven. The cookie edges will start to turn brown.
• Make a frosting with water and powdered sugar and frost cookies.
• Tip: If cookies dry out, place the heal of a piece of bread in the storage container.

Steps:

• Beat shortening and cocoa until blended. Beat in molasses, sugar and eggs. Beat in coffee. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cloves; gradually beat into molasses mixture. Dough will be very soft. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 350°. On a well floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake until edges are set, 14-16 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Decorate as desired with confectioners' sugar.