Soft Molasses Spice Cookies

Name: Soft Molasses Spice Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 54 cookies
Ingredients: 5 1/2 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon ginger; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon clove; 1 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 cup brown sugar, packed; 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 1 1/2 cups molasses; 3/4 cup milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Recipe by Rinder

The description in the Robin Hood Cookbook where this recipe came from was that in 1880 a young man would take his sweetheart to the restaurant and offer her the usual treat: spruce beer and molasses hands - so called because handfulls of cookie dough were put on sheets to bake.

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READY IN: 2hrs

YIELD: 54 cookies

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

5 ¹⁄₂

cups flour
2

teaspoons baking soda
2

teaspoons salt
1

teaspoon ginger
1

teaspoon cinnamon
1

teaspoon clove
1

teaspoon nutmeg
1

cup brown sugar, packed
³⁄₄

cup vegetable oil
1 ¹⁄₂

cups molasses
³⁄₄

cup milk
1

teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS

Combine flour, soda, salt and spices in a bowl and mix well to blend.
Combine sugar, oil, molasses, milk and vanilla in a large bowl.
Mix thoroughly.
Add flour mixture gradually.
Mix well.
Chill 1 hour or until firm.
Roll out portions of dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness.
Cut with a floured 2 1/2" cookie cutter or your favourite shaped cookie cutters.
Place on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes.
When cool store in tightly covered metal container.
Prep time includes chilling time.

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“The description in the Robin Hood Cookbook where this recipe came from was that in 1880 a young man would take his sweetheart to the restaurant and offer her the usual treat: spruce beer and molasses hands - so called because handfulls of cookie dough were put on sheets to bake.”