My Favorite Finds

Finding Joy in the Everyday

12
Dec
2011

Chewy Molasses Cookies-It’s Overflowing

categories: My Favorites

Happy Birthday to my little blog-My Favorite Finds!  As with any birthday party, the guests totally make it fun.  That’s why I have a huge list of blogger friends lined up for your reading enjoyment!  

I’d like to welcome Aimee  from It's Overflowing…......
Hi My Favorite Finds Friends!
I'm Aimee from It's Overflowing: endless 
DIY projects and loving every moment!  I am 
SUPER EXCITED to be guest posting today!!!  
Seriously, I think birthday parties are the best thing EVER!  
I'm so excited to help celebrate Carrie's Birthday Blog Party!
As you probably already know, My Favorite Finds 
is full of inspiration and Carrie is one of the 
most genuine Bloggy Friends you'll every find!!!
Growing up, my absoultely FAVORITE cookies in the entire world were my mom's Chewy Molasses Cookies.  I loved the raw cookie dough, it used to be "no worries" to eat it and I may or may not let my three Sweet B's indulge in dough from time to time ~ I'm not telling.  I loved the smell of them baking in the oven, and I LOVED how they melted in my mouth when they were fresh out of the oven.  I'm sharing these special goodies with you today so you can share those same sweet memories with your sweeties, too!

Gather your ingredients: flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cloves, and cinnamon, an egg, sugar, molasses and crisco (sounds scary, but truly crisco has improved over the years, it's made of vegetable products and doesn't have trans fats).  Remember, this is a treat!  It's made with love to build sweet memories.  It's not a health food!

 Put your crisco in a small pot and heat it on a burner...

...until it's liquified.  Then remove from the heat and cool.

Once cool, add sugar, molasses and an egg!

Mix WELL!

In your mixer: combine flour, spices and salt.
Add the molasses mixture to the flour mixture and mix until well combined.  Chill your dough.  *My mom says this step is important because it is key to soft and chewy cookies!

Once chilled, form cookie dough into one inch round balls about two inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet.

 Let each cookie ball take a dip in the sugar bowl.

Anything coated with sugar has to be good, right!!!  This was always my favorite "job" when I was young!!!

Place the Molasses cookie balls back onto the cookie sheet and then into the oven and cook at 375 for 8-10 minutes.

You may want to double your recipe!  Your entire house will have a yummy, freshly baked cookies aroma and you're sure to have precious little hands reaching up for more!!!  Should you be disciplined enough to have extras, the dough can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container.

A plate of cookies in the family room where my three sweet B's and their friends were watching the classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Movie broadcasted on CBS last night.  And for the adults, cookies served with coffee (thanks Amy for letting us use your cup of coffee) or a spot of tea (for people like me who still haven't taken a liking to the the most popular drink since the mid 15th century)!



Mom's Chewy Molasses Cookies

3/4 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup molasses

1 egg

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoot salt

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375 and grease a cookie sheet.  Melt shortening in a pot, remove and cool.  Add sugar, molasses, and egg; beat well.  Combine flour, spices, and salt.  Mix molasses mixture into flour mixture.  Mix well and chill.  Form into 1 inch balls, roll the balls in granulated sgar and place on a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.  The cookies need to come out of the oven a little underbaked if you want them to be soft and chewy!  Let the cookies cool before removing them from the pan.

Thanks again Carrie for inviting me to guest post in celebration of your Blog Birthday Party!!!  I'm very excited to follow along the incredibly great line up you have planned!!!  If you'd like to visit me at It's Overflowing where I update daily on our endless diy projects, favorite recipes and daily life, I'd love to have you!   Here are a couple of my favorite tutorials: our kitchen remodel, my Curbside Table turns Dazzling Kitchen Cart, and currently I'm sharing a month of Christmas Ideas!!!

Enter the Birthday Bash giveaways by clicking HERE.  They’re open from December 5-14.  Good luck!

3 Comments on Chewy Molasses Cookies-It’s Overflowing

  1. Erin
    December 12, 2011 at 7:11 pm (530 days ago)

    What in the world?! I absolutely love molasses cookies but have never made them. These look wonderful!

    Reply
  2. Aimee
    December 12, 2011 at 7:42 pm (530 days ago)

    Happy Happy Bloggy Birthday!!! Thanks for allowing me to guest post!!! Your blog will always be one of my favorites Carrie!!! {I think everyone should follow you}.

    Merry Christmas,
    Aimee from ItsOverflowing.com

    Reply

Leave a reply

CommentLuv badge