Soft and Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookie Recipe
Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookies are perfect for nibbling and just right for making ice cream sandwiches.
Now as molasses cookie recipes go these chocolate molasses cookies are very mild. There are no spices, but they would be delicious with a hint of ginger, cinnamon and a pinch of cloves. Or try them with a teaspoon of Chinese Five Spice powder.
PrintSoft and Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookie Recipe
Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookies are perfect for nibbling and just right for making ice cream sandwiches.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Chill Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 32 minutes
- Category: Cookies
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
- 2 cups flour
- 6 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 cup sugar for rolling cookies in
Instructions
- In large bowl, whisk butter with brown and white sugars, and salt.
- Whisk in egg, vanilla, and molasses.
- In medium bowl, whisk flour with cocoa and baking soda (sift cocoa if it’s lumpy).
- Whisk into wet mixture until just combined.
- Chill until firm (10 to 20 minutes).
- Place 1/2 cup sugar in bowl.
- Scoop dough by tablespoonful and roll into balls.
- Roll balls in sugar.
- Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet about two inches apart.
- Bake at 375 F just until puffed and beginning to crack (7 to 8 minutes)
- Immediately after removing from oven, give pans a hard tap so the cookies settle in.
- Let cookies cool on pan 2 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Ariane
The cookies are great tasting, but they were round and not flat like the picture above. Plus, it took more than 8 minutes before I saw cracks on top of them while they were baking. Good recipe though.
Crosby Molasses
Hi Ariane, Thanks for your feedback. Cookies can be funny that way. One weekend my mom, sister and I all made the same cookie recipe and all three were different. Glad you enjoyed they. (I think I’d prefer them a little puffier.)
mary
omg i just made these they are so good and i made them gluten free so good !!! thanks you !!:)
Crosby Molasses
Hi Mary, A GF version, great idea! Thanks for the suggestion.
Eileen Ward
Would you have a recipe for your molasses cookies for someone who cannot eat gluten.Please if you do it would be greatly appreciated.
Eileen
Crosby Molasses
Hi Eileen, It just so happens that I have working with a recipe developer to create a gingerbread cookie recipe that’s suitable for cut outs. In the meantime I’ll email you some recipes that I have found but not yet tested.
Grace
Does anyone have a recipe for meatloat using molasses??
Please my husband loves molasses he wants it in everything.
Thanks for your help
Grace
Crosby Molasses
Hi Grace,
I found a recipe for meatloaf that includes molasses, and it gets a good rating so is probably worth a try. Here you go. Let me know what you think. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/new-classic-meatloaf-recipe/index.html
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Hi Magdalena, Thanks for the invitation to join your site. I’ll take a look at the instructions and let you know if I have any questions.
Kim
Love these cookies, just one or two satisfies you when you need that snack.
Crosby Molasses
I agree – they’re a great go-to cookie!
Maureen
Hi Bridget!
Could I substitute oil for butter? And if so, what amount? Also, I’d be looking to sub the egg with ground chia soaked in hot H2O and used a GF flour blend.
Looking forward to making these this weekend. (Will be adding spices though, as I really enjoy a spicy cookie.)
Crosby Molasses
Hi Maureen, I’d say go ahead with your adaptations. Oil is a great substitution and in fact I have been using half oil and half butter. (Stick with the same amount.) The chia and GF flour substitutions should work too. I find that cookie recipes can be very forgiving when you want to play with them. Let me know how they turn out.