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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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Loved your video – will try this with my sons for Christmas- was wondering what brand of cookie scoop do you use? Thanks Fiona
These are the best molasses cookies ever. I’ve gotten rave reviews from family and friends.
I made these for the first time to go on the holiday treat trays I porch dropped for those I love, but can’t visit in person this holiday season–and they were a HUGE hit. I made mine in 1 inch balls, held the candied ginger and fully covered the balls with turbinado sugar. Crunchy outside, but soft and chewy inside…..absolutely delicious.. I am so glad I found this channel during quarantine.
My taste has been all about the gingerbread this year and I can’t tell you how much I love these!. Was shocked to find everybody, I mean everybody, in my family loves them too!. Me, husband, children, and grandchildren all loved them, how many recipes can you say that about? Well, actually can say that about the peanut brittle and English toffee, all were devoured. Rolling them in the sugar gives you the crunch, then the chewy moist inside, just fabulous. I will make these all winter long. Thanks again, Kaleb! #sogood
Mine did the same thing. All new ingredients and I used lard. They still taste good.
Oh my…I made these tonight and they’re delicious. I swapped fresh sugar cane syrup for the molasses(being from the south, it’s only appropriate). I highly recommend these gems. Kaleb, you are my new favorite! Your charisma and passion are delightful!
I made these cookies this morning for my family’s Christmas get together next week. of course I hade to taste one. They’re amazingly sweet and flavorful. I love them! I think I have a new favorite cookie!
Can I freeze the dough? Want to get a head start on my cookie baking 😁
Made these tonight. They came out great. I used Crisco, since that’s what I had on hand and they still came out wonderfully. They were a bit sweet for my taste personally, but maybe it was the turbinado that sent it over. I absolutely love making your recipes. I have a cookie swap group and never heard of these before, so I was excited to make them. Making your toffee tonight too!