Molasses Crinkles

Name: Molasses Crinkles
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 1 large egg; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters About sanding or granulated sugar* for tops of cookies; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 118 milliliters molasses (not robust or blackstrap); 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened; 118 milliliters vegetable shortening at room temperature

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Molasses Crinkles a try. This recipe serves 72. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 56 calories, 0g of protein, and 2g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up ground cloves, ground allspice, vegetable shortening, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 5 hours.

Instructions

Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, and salt in a bowl until combined.

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Cinnamon

Clove

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Beat together shortening, butter, and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a stand mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 6 minutes with a handheld.

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Brown Sugar

Shortening

Butter

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Add egg and molasses, beating until combined. Reduce speed to low, then mix in flour mixture until combined.

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Molasses

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 375°F.

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Roll 1 heaping teaspoon of dough into a 1-inch ball with wet hands, then dip 1 end of ball in sanding sugar. Make more cookies in same manner, arranging them, sugared side up, 2 inches apart on 2 ungreased baking sheets.

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Sanding Sugar

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Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until undersides are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes total, then cool on sheets 1 minute.

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Transfer to racks to cool completely. Make more cookies with remaining dough on cooled baking sheets.

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Dough

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*Available at Sweet Celebrations (800328-6722).

Cookies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper or parchment, in an airtight container at room temperature 2 weeks.

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