Muscovado Molasses Cookies
Thick and soft with a crunchy sugar coating, these molasses cookies bring major fall flavor with muscovado sugar, molasses, and a hint of spice.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 8 ounces (1 cup) unsalted butter soft
- 1 cup muscovado sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup dark molasses
- 3 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
- ½ cup granulated sugar or demerara sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and spices in a bowl and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating until incorporated.
- Add molasses; stir in well.
- Add flour mixture and fold in until just incorporated.
- Prepare a shallow bowl with roughly ½ cup granulated or demerara sugar.
- Scoop cookie dough into 1 ½ tablespoon balls and roll in sugar to coat all sides. Place cookies on prepared sheet pans.
- Bake until lightly firm to the touch and starting to crack, about 9-11 minutes.