20 Best Molasses Cookie Recipes to Warm Your Heart
JANUARY 20, 2023
MOLASSES COOKIE
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Who can resist a warm, soft molasses cookie? We sure can’t. The combination of molasses, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves creates an irresistible, comforting flavor that never fails to put a smile on our faces.
We’ve gathered the best molasses cookie recipes so you can make your own batch with ease. Whether you’re looking for a chewy, soft-baked cookie with added chocolate chips, or a crunchy cookie with a hint of coffee, you’ll find it here.
Make sure you save a few for the holidays, too! These delightful cookies will make the season even brighter.
Taste of Home
Giant Molasses Cookies
My family always requests these soft molasses cookies. These chewy molasses cookies are also great for shipping as holiday gifts or to troops overseas. —Kristine Chayes, Smithtown, New York
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The Salty Marshmallow
Old Fashioned Soft Molasses Cookies
Old Fashioned Soft Molasses Cookies - These molasses cookies are an old fashioned holiday favorite! Super soft and packed with the amazing, rich flavors of molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. Just like Grandma used to make!
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Baker by Nature
Bourbon Molasses Cookies
Made with brown sugar and plenty of festive spices, these Bourbon Molasses Cookies are soft and flavorful!
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4 hr 30 min
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$4.95
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Delish
Molasses Cookies
These spicy Molasses Cookies from Delish.com are winter night's dream.
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1 hr 30 min
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$2.35
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The Recipe Rebel
Molasses Cookies
These Molasses Cookies are inspired by Grandma's! They're soft, chewy and so easy to make! The perfect Christmas cookies for your freezer stash.
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Nigella
Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies
These cookies will look nearly raw in the center when you pull them out of the oven, but they will continue to set as they cool. The key to the soft and chewy texture of these cookies is, simply, underbaking them. If you like a crispier spice cookie, bake them 2 minutes longer.
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Spiced Molasses Delight Cookies
These Spiced Molasses Delight Cookies are soft, chewy, and full of warm spices, making them the perfect treat for any occasion. Enjoy the rich molasses flavor and experience a delightful sweetness with each bite.
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42 min
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$0.16
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Ingredients
Directions
10 STEPS
1
Preheat oven to 375°F.
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In a large mixing bowl, cream together the organic sugar, softened butter, and molasses until well combined.
3
Add the cage-free egg to the mixture and beat until light and fluffy.
4
In a separate bowl, combine the unbleached all-purpose flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt, ground ginger, ground cloves, and ground nutmeg.
5
Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, ensuring everything combines well into a smooth dough.
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Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour to make it easier to handle.
7
Shape the dough into 1-inch balls and roll each ball in granulated sugar for a nice coating.
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Place the sugar-coated dough balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet, spacing them 2 inches apart.
9
Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes or until edges are slightly crisp.
10
Remove from the oven, let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for 1 minute, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Belly Full
Molasses Cookies
Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies with wonderful spices and rolled in sugar. A cookie that screams holiday cheer!
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24 min
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140
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$0.29
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Cooking Classy
Molasses Cookies
An incredibly soft and chewy cookie, brimming with rich, deep molasses flavor and boasting of warm spices to perfectly highlight them. They're deliciously sweet and buttery and oh so addictive! A holiday staple!
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Savory Simple
Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies
These soft molasses cookies are a great choice for parties and cookie exchanges! Molasses gives the cookies an incredible texture that lasts for days.
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21 min
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$0.42
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Wild Wild Whisk
Ginger Molasses Cookies with Candied Ginger
These Ginger Molasses Cookies are made with sweet and spicy ground ginger along with a mixture of warm holiday spices. There are also surprised pieces of candied ginger mixed into the dough. They are soft and spicy, and irresistibly delicious.
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$0.26
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Craving California
Dulce de Leche Ginger Molasses Cookies
Silky smooth dulce de leche slathered on top of soft and chewy ginger molasses cookies!
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22 min
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$0.93
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Kim's Cravings
Molasses Cookies
Kick off your holiday baking with homemade molasses cookies! You guys are going to LOVE this easy recipe! It yields the most delicious, soft, chewy, warmly spiced molasses cookies you'll ever taste. These are perfect with a cup of coffee for an afternoon treat and make the best Christmas cookies for...
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My Darling Vegan
Ginger Molasses Cookies
You won’t be able to resist these sweet and spicy Ginger Molasses Cookies. Made in under 25 minutes for the perfect fall treat. But beware, these cookies are highly addictive!
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22 min
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Dinner at the Zoo
Molasses Cookies
These molasses cookies are chewy brown sugar cookies infused with plenty of aromatic spices, then baked to golden brown perfection. A classic holiday cookie that's easy to make and is sure to get rave reviews!
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25 min
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Cookie Rookie
Soft Molasses Cookies Recipe
Molasses Cookies are a holiday staple around our house. This soft molasses cookies recipe is so chewy, with warm spices and a delicious molasses flavor. These are the perfect treat to fill your cookie jar!
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Back For Seconds
Best Chewy Molasses Cookies
These are the Best Chewy Molasses Cookies ever, and a must make Christmas cookie tradition! The perfectly crackled tops and chewy insides are irresistible!
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The Recipe Critic
Best Ever Molasses Cookies
Best Ever Molasses Cookies have a slightly crisp sugar coated edge and a soft and chewy center. These are the perfect holiday cookie!
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Nourish and Fete
Caramel-Stuffed Molasses Cookies
Chewy brown sugar molasses cookie dough wrapped around a soft caramel, baked to a soft batch consistency, and sprinkled with sea salt. Irresistible!
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35 min
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Dance Around The Kitchen
Molasses Cookies
These Molasses Cookies have just the right amount of spice, a soft and chewy center and a crackly, sugar coating! They're perfect for the holiday season and all year round!
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15 min
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133
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$0.08
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Krolls Korner
Chewy Molasses Cookies
Homemade Chewy Molasses Cookies are soft, ultra-chewy and a holiday favorite! They make the house smell soo good when baking and they stay magically fresh and chewy for days!
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30 min
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$0.30
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