Molasses Cookies From the Silver Palate Recipe on Food52

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The dough is also exceedingly quick to make (you could be eating one 30 minutes from now), and they bake up flat and chewy, which means they’re the perfect ice cream sandwich cookie.

Reprinted with permission from Genius Recipes by Kristen Miglore, copyright © 2015. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Photographs copyright © 2015 by James Ransom. —Genius Recipes

Prep time 20 minutes
Cook time 10 minutes
Makes 24 very large flat cookies

Ingredients

12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks/170g) sweet butter
1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
¹/₄ cup (60ml) molasses
1 egg
1 ³/₄ cups (220g) unbleached all-purpose flour
¹/₂ teaspoon ground cloves
¹/₂ teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¹/₂ teaspoon salt
¹/₂ teaspoon baking soda

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Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Melt butter, add sugar and molasses, and mix thoroughly. Lightly beat egg and add to butter mixture; blend well.
Sift flour with spices, salt, and baking soda, and add to first mixture; mix. Batter will be wet.
Lay a sheet of foil on a cookie sheet. Drop tablespoons of cookie batter on foil, leaving 3 inches (7.5cm) between the cookies. These will spread during the baking.
Bake until cookies start to darken, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven while still soft. Let cool on foil.

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James F. February 19, 2020

Mine came out BLACK and flat. They tasted great, but even as raw dough, they were almost black. I was using backstrap molasses. Is there a different type I should be using? Also, should the butter mixture cool before adding the egg?

Fatma Y. February 11, 2020

Is sweet butter just unsalted butter, or is it actually sweetened?

Emily February 14, 2020

Just means unsalted.

lizb February 8, 2020

I just want to say how pleased I am to see this recipe on the site! It is genius. And while I love these just as they are, they do make an absolutely perfect ice cream sandwich. I bake them in a muffin tin to make then all exactly the same size and they are always a big surprise and a big hit at a dinner party. I love, love, love these cookies!