Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies
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Recipe type: Holiday Recipes, Sweet Treats
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Serves: 3 dozen cookies
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
  • 1½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ cup molasses
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. In a shallow bowl, place ½ cup sugar; set aside.
  2. With an electric mixer, beat butter and remaining cup of sugar until combined. Beat in egg and then molasses until combined. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in dry ingredients, just until a dough forms.
  3. Pinch off and roll dough into balls, each equal to 1 tablespoon. Roll balls in reserved sugar to coat.
  4. Arrange balls on baking sheets, about 3 inches apart. Bake, one sheet at a time, until edges of cookies are just firm, 10 to 15 minutes (cookies can be baked two sheets at a time, but they will not crackle uniformly). Cool 1 minute on baking sheets; transfer to racks to cool completely.
Recipe by In Good Taste at http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/molasses-crinkle-cookies/