Spicy Molasses Raisin Jumbles Recipes

SPICY MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• With an oven rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Pour 1 tablespoon of raw sugar into a small, shallow dish for rolling.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flours, baking soda and salt.
• In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice and pepper. Cook until fragrant, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Transfer the butter mixture to a large bowl and let cool slightly.
• Whisk the remaining 3 tablespoons raw sugar, brown sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and molasses into the melted butter mixture. Stir in the flour mixture until combined.
• Use a cookie dough scoop or spoons to scoop out about one tablespoon of dough at a time. Lightly shape into a ball and dunk half the cookie into the small bowl of raw sugar. Place each cookie on the baking sheet, sugar side up, leaving a couple of inches around each cookie.
• Bake the cookies until the edges are set but the centers are still soft, puffy and underdone, which will take 9 to 12 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for ten minutes, then serve warm or transfer to a cooling rack.

MOLASSES JUMBLES

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).

GIANT MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and molasses. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in pecans. , Shape into 2-in. balls and roll in coarse sugar. Place 2-1/2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 13-15 minutes or until tops are cracked. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CHEWY MOLASSES-SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. In a shallow bowl, place 1/2 cup sugar; set aside.
• 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.
• Pinch off and roll dough into balls, each equal to 1 tablespoon. Roll balls in reserved sugar to coat.
• 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.