Molasses Cookies Silver Palate Recipe 45

SILVER PALATE MOLASSES COOKIES

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.

MOLASSES COOKIES - (SILVER PALATE) RECIPE - (4/5)

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

MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In 3-quart saucepan, melt margarine or butter over low heat. Remove saucepan from heat and, with wire whisk, beat in molasses and 1 cup sugar until blended, whisk in egg.
• With spoon, stir in flour and remaining ingredients until mixed.
• Transfer dough to medium bowl and freeze 15 minutes or until firm enough to handle. Spread remaining 1/4 cup sugar on waxed paper.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls, roll balls in sugar to coat. Place balls, 2 1/2 inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes, until cookies spread and da rken.
• Let cookies remain on cookie sheet on wire rack 1 minute to cool slightly.
• Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining dough.
• Store cookies in tightly covered container up to 2 weeks.