Soft Molasses Cookies
From peetabear 15 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 18
the description, and recipe are from King Arthur..The addition of rum to these spicy cookies helps keep them soft, and also qualifies them for a special name: Joe Froggers. Legend has it that an old man named Joe, who lived by a frog pond in Marblehead, Massachusetts, was famous for his chewy molasses cookies. Read more One day, in thanks to a neighbor for the gift of a jug of rum, he added some of that spirit to a batch of his molasses cookie dough, then gave the cookies to the generous neighbor. Eureka! A rum-laced molasses cookie that quickly earned a great reputation around town and was christened with the name of its creator. See less
Ingredients
- 2 cups (8 1/2 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ginger shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg shopping list
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 5 tablespoons (2 1/2 ounces) unsalted butter shopping list
- 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup (6 ounces) molasses shopping list
- 1/3 cup (2 1/2 ounces) dark rum shopping list
How to make it
- Whisk together the flour, spices, salt and baking soda, and set aside. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar, then beat in the molasses. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the rum.
- Using a cookie or muffin scoop, scoop out round balls of dough somewhere in size between a ping-pong ball and a golf ball, and place the balls on a parchment-lined or lightly greased baking sheet. Bake the cookies in a preheated 375°F oven for 11 to 12 minutes, until they crack on top but haven't yet browned around the edges. Yield: eighteen 3-inch cookies.
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- To keep these cookies soft, we recommend storing them in an airtight container (a plastic bag is fine) as soon as they're just barely warm. Add a couple of slices of cut apple if you plan on keeping them around long.
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Reviewed by 11 people-
Cheers for a great recipe!
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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Great cookie recipe and I love the addition of RUM! High 5
peepers
in loved it
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Nah.. your sposed to "put the de rum in the coconut!"
Have to try these. They won't make my grand kids drunk will they.. Wait.. might make them sleep!
linebb956
in La Feria loved it
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