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Holiday baking is off to a start at my farm and I have so many recipes I want to bring you! Molasses crinkle cookies are such a traditional holiday cookie. Incorporating a great blend of ginger and cinnamon, they’ll instantly remind you of your grandma’s kitchen and those precious family Christmases. I am so excited to share some of my favorite family recipes with you so you can start your own family traditions to pass along.
More Christmas Cookies
- Peppernuts
- Brown butter oatmeal cookies
- Brown sugar cookies
- Butter pecan cookies
- Fudgy chip cookies
- Brown butter Snickerdoodle cookies
- White chocolate macadamia nut cookies
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Molasses Crinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup lard
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ½ cup turbinado sugar
- ⅓ cup candied ginger chopped
Instructions
- Cream the lard and brown sugar together until fluffy. Add molasses and egg and mix well to completely incorporate.¾ cup lard, 1 cup light brown sugar, ¼ cup molasses, 1 large egg
- In a separate bowl fitted with a sifting colander, measure flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, and cloves, and sift. Add dry ingredients to the wet and mix just to incorporate. The dough will be dry.2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 ½ tsp baking soda, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1 tsp ground ginger, ¼ tsp kosher salt, ¼ tsp ground cloves
- To bake, make balls with a two-ounce cookie scoop. Roll with hands and then roll in turbinado sugar. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and top with a pinch of candied ginger. Press ginger in slightly to adhere. Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes.½ cup turbinado sugar, ⅓ cup candied ginger
- Once done baking, let rest on pan for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
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I made these cookies this morning. The flavor is very good, however, they came out flat. I used lard in the first batch so the 2nd batch I used butter and got the same results. I have made crinkle cookies before with no problems so not sure what happened here. I will definitely make them again because, like I said, the flavor is good. I will just be prepared to have flat cookies.
Please have Him missed how to keep these cookies fresh! I want to take some to South Africa for Christmas!
Thank you so much, I love you and is forever thankful as you make me see cooking, baking etc. as JOY!
BEST recipe ever especially if you love ginger!!!