Ingredients
- 1 + ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup shortening
- 1 cup molasses
- ½ cup cold water
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 + ¼ tsp. ground ginger
- 1 T. baking soda
- 4 + ½ cups all-purpose flour
Recipe Description
One last cookie before the holiday season is all over with. This molasses cookies recipe is a recipe that I found in my mother-in-law’s recipe collection the last time I was down in North Carolina. I made it, tweaked it, and made it again. I added a little more sugar and ginger to my recipe and made a couple more minor adjustments. The cookies have a store-bought feel, but taste homemade.
Wesley always gives me the business because I can’t help but tweak recipes. I do it to my own even. I was making a cake for my friend and used my Peppermint Oreo Crunch Cake recipe, but I couldn’t leave it alone. I had to add peppermint crunch pieces which did not pan out the way I had thought it would. I ended up just tossing the cake because the large amount of peppermint crunch made the cake better and hard.
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