Don’t you just love this time of the year?
Where the weather is cool and sunny and the beautiful fall colors just set the scene outside my window. The view is absolutely breathtaking and I just want to soak it all in. I feel like everything seems to be moving so fast lately and sometimes it’s just nice to sit back and appreciate this moment.
So, the best way to do that is to bake up a batch of my favorite molasses cookie. Which in my mind, is the official fall cookie (no disrespect to the other cookies out there) I love the earthy aroma of this cookie and how the smell lingers in your kitchen all day long it just heavenly.
You can make this into bigger cookies if you like; I did mine a little smaller. I used a one teaspoon as a measurement but whatever size you decided it will still be fantastic, it will still have its signature cracked tops glistening with sugar which in my book is what it’s all about.
So bake this today and share it with your friend, your family, your co-worker or even a lover and just enjoy this beautiful fall moment.
Molasses Cookie adapted from Allrecipes
3/4 cup margarine, melted
1 cup white sugar plus extra for rolling on the cookies
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses, light unsulphured
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix together the melted margarine, 1 cup sugar, and egg on medium speed until smooth. Then stir in the molasses.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ginger, then add this into the molasses mixture and mix thoroughly.
Roll the dough into small rounds (use the 1 teaspoon as a guide) and roll them in the extra white sugar.
Place cookies 2-3 inches apart onto baking sheets and bake for 12 minutes or until tops are cracked. Remove cookies on a wire rack and let cool completely.
Tips:
Before measuring the molasses, spray the cup with some cooking spray. The molasses will flow out nice and easy.
For a softer and chewier cookie, let the cookie cool on to the baking sheet and not on the wire rack.
Variation: Spread the cool cookies with a layer icing glaze.
I am so happy you posted this recipe; my mother used to make something similar many years ago, but without the iciing glaze. great tip about oiling the cup of molasses.
Rita
Yum, I definitely DO love this time of year…and I love molasses cookies…yours are gorgeous!
Wow, those cookies look amazing! I love your pictures, thank you so much for the great recipe!
Fall! I love molasses cookies, and they are fun project in the kitchen. Molasses always gets sticky. Nice tips!
I wish Fall would come. It was a high of 92 in Austin yesterday.
WOW great job with those cookies, they look perfect! Even the batter looks scrumptious.
I’ve never had molasses cookies before, but I always love the way they look with all the cracks, and they do sound like the perfect fall cookie! I may just need to go out and pick up some molasses now!
wow…these are some best looking molasses cookies I have ever seen!
You knw what..I am so J of all those ppl who bake perfect cookies as these in the pictures :P. I m so awful with cookies and would have wasted truck fulls of flour, sugar and butter till nw.Your recipe is nw my next try !
I love molasses, there ‘s something so addictive about the flavor..these cookies are perect to go along with cool evening tea.
Icing? Weird! I LOVE THESE COOKIES. Thanks for the recipe. I have lost mine! I have been craving these for a very long time. They are soooooo yummy and scream FALL IS HERE!
🙂
Valerie
I have made them once and they were divine. I suppose yours were as perfect. I like their shape and this cute pink icing above them.
I love these little spicy cookies. They are great for winter time 🙂
*kisses* HH
I agree with you 100% about the molasses cookies being THE fall cookie. Wish I could nibble on one right now! Fall is hands down the best season in my book. Your photos keep getting more and more beautiful. Are you a photographer? What’s the scoop?
These cookies look perfect. I will take some without the glaze. 🙂
I love molasses cookies! Especially in the fall. These look great!
These look beautiful! I wouldn’t glaze it just because I love the way the cracked top looks.
Molasses cookies are my all time favorite cookie. I like them even better than chocolate chip cookies, if that’s possible. 🙂 Yours look fabulous!
Your cookie look amazing and so yummy.
I absolutely love molasses cookies, but have never made them with a glaze! Definitely on my “to bake” list now 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I love how perfectly crackly and sweet the tops of these cookies look! I bet they’re both adorable AND tasty! 🙂
I haven’t tried molasses cookies – will have to give this recipe a go and rectify that!!!
I could eat those cookies year round! Fantastic! Especially iced! Love those!
oh your first pic is simply awesome, oh and icing oh yes please, lol great recipe and I love this time of year also, I loved your tagged answers…
sweetlife
Definitely a great fall cookie. Love the idea of icing them.
My second favorite cookie: the molasses cookie. If it had raisins in it, it would tie for first with oatmeal raisin.
You are so right about the lovely aroma of molasses in the kitchen. I can smell it now. So good.
This is probably my favorite cookie of all time! What beautiful photographs yum. Now I want molasses cookies. Sigh…
Laura
LOVE molasses cookies and I was just thinking about how I wanted to make them again. Thanks for the reminder’
Wow, those pictures make me want to run into the kitchen and bake up a batch now..yummy
It would be lovely to have some of those babies right now. I never had molasses cookies before. But it sounds and look delicious.
I kind of let out a little squeal of delight when I saw the colour of the cookie dough! I swear I could smell & taste it just from the picture.
So good
I’m so happy its finally spring ‘down under’ but your making me wish for Autumn again (it is such a breathtakingly beautiful time of the year.., so I fully understand)…., but hey…., these cookies would go well at any time of the year…. just sayin’ 😉
Oh, I could easily eat a dozen right now! They look rich and chewy!
These look so pretty! Love the cracked tops. 🙂
That icing adds the perfect touch! These look delicious 🙂
These molasses cookies look awesome, specially with the chocolate on it…
Ooooh, glazes are gooood. 🙂 I like these pretty pictures, too!
Nothing like molasses cookies to remind me of how much I love fall! I loved seeing all of those beautiful, slightly cracked cookies…they were a picture of perfection to me! Thank you for sharing. I will be giving these a try very soon. And thank you for your kindness on my blog. It means so much.
You’ve made my favorite cookie! You’re right. We need to sit back and enjoy this time of year. 🙂
I always hear about how good for you molasses is! And to have it in a delicious cookie is surely just a bonus! 🙂
These cookies look absolutely delicious: crunchy and tasty!
I love molasses cookies! I have a batch in line to go up on my blog as well, only with the glaze added on. Your post has me craving them all over again!
you are right! this time of the year is absolutely the best! i love your blog and the recipe, thank you also for your visit at love lives in the kitchen!
see you soon!
justyna
I love molasses cookies but haven’t had them in years…. what a great recipe and super photos… not easy making little brown things look good.. but you did!
Beautiful cookies, when I first saw them I thought they were Amaretti (delicious italian cookies). They look so soft in the inside… mmmmmhhhh! Giorgia
I absolutely love molasses cookies! Yours turned out nice and thick – mine are always way too thin. I may try your recipe this year – perfect for Christmas!
Big fan of molasses cookies. They remind me of growing up. My mom wouldn’t make them for us but I would get them at school or from friends. Bet they would be great with maple icing on them (going with the fall theme).
Those look delicious! I’d love to eat one or two with my tea. Wonderfully spicy.
Cheers,
Rosa
Great looking cookies that would be wonderful with a cup of coffee or tea. I bet they smelled heavenly while baking!
Oh, I love a good, chewy cookie and this seems like the perfect one to satisfy my craving lately. Thanks for sharing, and as always, for your kind comment on my blog – I appreciate them!
I do love the flavors this time of year. My kids are crazy for molasses cookies! The icing is a nice touch too.
Why put icing on those amazing cookies…they looked amazing on their own ;o)
Your right about appreciating the moment…especially since our Autumn will be over before we know it. Many bloggers are already rushing towards Christmas! I for one am not rushed ;o)
Flavourful wishes,
Claudia
These are beautiful cookies!
I love that you talk about enjoying these wonderful fall days…I also feel like they go by way too fast! I need to learn to appreciate the moment more and what better way thank to make these?? Thanks for a great recipe.
Your cookies looks so perfect. I love the glaze too.
Looks so delicious and I agree, how can we make time slow down.
Love it! My husband loves gingerbread and molasses cookies, and I’d love to try this recipe. I usually don’t start making molasses cookies ’til late November/early December. Not sure why, but they’ve always been kind of Christmas themed in my family!
Thanks for sharing another great one 🙂
Wow! These look amazing!
Oo, your molasses cookies look gorgeous and delicious. I think I’d prefer them without the glaze (even though I do a decent number of layer cakes, I still prefer simple things…).
These cookies look amazing!!
Oh these are so beautiful! I love the crackly-ness!
The way the cracks form on the top of the cookies are just amazing. Really authenitc looking. I love them. The spices make them perfect for this time of year. LOVELY!
Oh I feel like I can smell those from here!…yum!
I DO love this time of year! And your cookies look fantastic and they remind me of similar cookies that my mother has made over the years. She never put icing on hers, though, but it looks yummy!
These look sooo good! I love molasses cookies during fall…these look perfect! I love the perfect looking cracks in each cookie. Yummy! 🙂
Your molasses spice cookies look so perfect! They really are a wonderful fall cookie.
OMG, these look insanely good!
Wow, these are gorgeous! I especially love that purple icing. So girlie and unexpected! 😀
Thank you for visiting my blog…your blog is ABSOLUTLY GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love all the post, esp. these cookies:)
lovely photos!!! I absolutely adore the glazed frosting one! YUMMMMMMMM
Your cookies look delicious! I don’t think I have ever seen cookies so wonderfully crisp and scrumptious looking. These remind me of cookies my grandmother used to make!
yummo!!
we featured you on FoodPress.com today – I can almost smell those cookies through the computer screen! beautiful work!
Schazzaam. I substituted maple sugar for the white sugar and sprouted whole grain flour for the white flour. Amazing results. Some of my family stopped by and were hiding them in their pockets! Thanks for the recipe.
yay! i’m so glad your family enjoyed them. thank you for stopping by:)
Absolutely love molasses cookies – they remind of something we used to eat called “squashed flies” growing up. Basically molasses cookies with raisins. Will have to try these!
Ni-i-i-i-i-i-ice! I thought I was the champion chocolate chip/walnut/chili cookie maker. But your molasses cookie is leaving my choc chip in the dust! A definite “must try”! Merci!
I’m in love with molasses and your food photos! My last recipe was a molasses chocolate cake. Great way to launch Fodd Press! Happy Baking!
My kids made me make shoo-fly pie once so this will be fun to try with the left over molasses. Thanks for sharing.
These look delish, can’t wait to try them!!
YUMMY! I love cookies. And I can’t wait to try these. Can I use blackstrap molasses instead of light? I already have a bottle of this that I would like to use. Thanks for sharing!
blackstrap molasses has less sugar content, so i suggest you dont substitute blackstrap molasses for light molasses as the flavor may be too overpowering..hope this helps. thank you for visiting.
So cool that you are featured on FoodPress!
I’m loving it. Molasses cookies are the best.
I LOVE molasses cookies and I LOVE food!
That’s why I write a food blog and just subscribed to yours!
My Grandmother made them all time…..
I sometimes add blueberries (see my blog) and they are yummy!
Yum!
Lisa
Unlike many commenters, I have not had molasses cookies (at least that I can remember). However, I have seen them on sale in Trader Joe’s and I’ve been dying to try them. Perfect solution! Thanks for this post.
Your frosting looks beautiful–such a perfect glossy candy pink. I bet these don’t need icing though…
The perfect cookie to enjoy this time of the year. Love the icing touch
I want those cookies right this minute.
These were really yummy! I did find that I only needed to cook them for 10 minutes, but maybe my new oven runs hot. Thanks for the tip about letting them cool on the pan, I wouldn’t have thought to do that but it really helped make them soft and chewy just like I wanted. Thanks!
So these cookies look like the best molasses cookies I have ever seen. I could just reach out and grab one of these. I can hardly wait to make these cookies! I hope mine taste half as good as yours look!
this is on fire like Charlie Sheen
Great post thank you for it
I tried this recept great cookies
I just made these…they were really good but didn’t crack that much and are more crisp than soft (even though I let them cool on the sheet). Still the flavor is delicious and then I made honey-cinnamon frosting and turned some of them into sandwich cookies. Really yummy! Thanks! I will try to make mine look as good as yours the next time if I can figure out how.