Soft 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.