The Best Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies

A favorite of young and old alike.  Whether you’re dipping them in coffee, enjoying them with a cold glass of milk… or just enjoying every bite by themselves, Old Fashioned Molasses cookies are really hard to beat.  I hear Santa really loves them too!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  This recipe makes 48+ cookies

Ingredients

• 2 Large Eggs
• 1 1/3 cup of Coconut oil (low heat) melted.
• 2 cups of sugar.
• 2/3 cup of unsulphured molasses.
• 3 teaspoons of organic cinnamon
• 3 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 4 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 1/2 cups of unbleached flour (all purpose will work).
• additional 1/2 cup of sugar mixed with 1 Tablespoon of Cinnamon for rolling.

Instructions

• In a small bowl, add 1/2 cup of sugar mixed with 1 Tablespoon of Cinnamon and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs, oil and sugar and mix thoroughly.
• Add molasses, spices, salt, and baking soda and mix well.
• Add flour and mix thoroughly into a stiff cookie dough.
• Using a Tablespoon, remove enough dough to form a 1″ ball of dough when rolled between your hands.
• Add rolled ball of dough into the small bowl and roll it around to completely cover the dough ball with the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
• Place dough ball on silicone mat or ungreased baking sheet.  Allow 3″ spacing apart from each dough ball.
• Repeat process.
• Bake for 10 minutes until golden brown and crinkled on top.

Serve with Milk, Coffee, Tea, or by themselves for a tasty treat from yesteryears! Bon Appetit!!!