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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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Awesome cookie, 😋 yum
I made these cookies today and like many other comments, they came out flat also. However, there were slight crinkles and the flavor was delicious.
I followed the ingredient list to a T but I know I over mixed the dough trying to make sure the dry ingredients were completely in corporated. Also, I think I may have over baked them a bit.
Nonetheless, they are a big hit with my family! Thanks and God Bless you this Christmas 🎄.
Just made these & used vegetable shortening as we don’t eat pork/lard. They came out just like your photo crackly looking & the turbinado sugar is a must. They are soft & dark inside. They are surprisingly are not too sweet, just perfect with the hints of ginger/clove/cinnamon. I also did half topped w/candied ginger. Everyone loved them even my picky tween daughter. Great recipe!
I would love to try your molasses crinkle cookies, but I bake for a deli and would be concerned about using lard, any substitution?
I did not have lard so I used butter; I didn’t get the pretty crackle but the flavor is delicous.
Thank you!
I just made these!!!! So so glad I did. I love ginger. My mom loves ginger. So excited to send her some of these delicious molasses ginger crackle cookies. Kaleb, I love your easy to follow videos, family recipes especially those from grandma♥️
These are delicious, thank you. Crisco for lard was my only deviation. I read the comments and did a test batch that were a little flat but chilled the rest before baking and that helped a lot. The spice and molasses flavors are perfectly balanced. I will definitely make again.
Omg this is so similar to my recipe only I do 3/4 sugar c and 1/4 brown sugar and I grate fresh ginger into it
Excellent molasses cookies. They are now my granddaughter’s favorite cookie.
Thank you for sharing!
My mom requested these for Christmas this year. Thanks for helping make her so happy! Merry Christmas!