Thick, chewy cookies with crackled sugary tops. Perfect for an after-school snack with cold milk.
Molasses Crinkles
- Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
- Total 3 hr 25 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup mild-flavor molasses or full-flavor molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Granulated sugar

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Mix shortening, brown sugar, molasses and egg thoroughly in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheet. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Dip tops in granulated sugar. Place balls, sugared sides up, 3 inches apart on cookie sheet. Sprinkle each with 2 or 3 drops of water.
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Step3Bake 10 to 12 minutes or just until set but not hard. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Nutrition
100
Calories
5 g
Total Fat
1 g
Protein
13 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1 g
- Cholesterol
- 5 mg
- Sodium
- 90 mg
- Potassium
- 70 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- Protein
- 1 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1 Fat;
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