Molasses Crinkles

Super soft, chewy and fresh tasting Molasses cookies. I always prefer to under bake cookies so they're soft but if you prefer a crisper version, just add a few minutes to the baking time

• Ready In: 38 mins
• Yields: 24 Cookies

Ingredients

• 12  tablespoons  of softened butter
• 1⁄3 cup sugar, plus additional for rolling
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup molasses
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour (half whole wheat is especially good!)
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  finely ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Cream together butter and sugars. Add egg, vanilla and molasses and continue beating until incorporated.
2. Stir dry ingredients together in a separate bowl; then add to creamed mixture. Mix together. The dough will be soft; add a little extra flour if you like. Watch the video for tips on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM21ykIsqUA.
3. Roll the cookie dough into one inch balls. Roll the balls in additional sugar and place on baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
4. Let cool on the baking sheet for a couple minutes and remove to wire rack to continue cooling.