The wonderful aroma and flavor of these spiced cookies will bring back memories of Grandma's kitchen! Make it your way with the delicious variation below.
Soft Molasses Drop Cookies
- Prep Time 55 min
- Total 55 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour*
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Additional sugar
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat sugar, sour cream, butter, shortening, molasses and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
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Step2Onto ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
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Step3Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Sprinkle with additional sugar while warm.
Nutrition
90
Calories
5g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
10g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 80mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 10g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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