Brown Sugar Molasses Cookies

It's a chilly rainy spring day and I'm just dying for  a big cookie. One that makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. This calls for something filled with warm spices and a gooey center. A cookie that is an excellent excuse to brew a fresh pot of coffee.

This is a day for Molasses Cookies.
 

Today I don't want just any molasses cookie. No, not those big hard molasses cookies that threaten to break a tooth if you happen to bite too enthusiastically. These are CHEWY molasses cookies with a tiny bit of snap. The trick to making them chewy, not hard and tough, is a combination of brown sugar, butter and the correct baking time. Let me explain.

The brown sugar, the molasses and the butter combine to keep the cookie moist and delicious, even after the first day. The other trick to this cookie is to bake them no longer than 8 minutes. An overcooked cookie is not a happy cookie.

Brown Sugar Molasses Cookies:

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter
1 egg
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour

Directions:
Beat together butter, sugars, egg and molasses in a large bowl. Add in dry ingreients witha wooden spoon. Roll into balls and roll each in sugar.


Bake at 375 degrees for no longer than 8 minutes until they begin to crackle on top.

These are really easy to whip up quickly and eat over coffee and the paper.  Comfort Cookies.

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