Thin and Crispy Spicy Molasses Cookies

These big, thin and crispy molasses cookies won’t win any beauty contests, but they’re one seriously delicious and addicting cookie!

True, these big, thin and crispy spicy molasses cookies aren’t real lookers. In fact, they might even be a touch on the homely side. I don’t care that they aren’t pretty. I just love their sweet/spicy taste and their combination of crispy outer edges and chewy centres. And mostly, I love the way the butter and sugar in these cookies caramelizes as they cook into something that just keeps me coming back to these cookies again and again.

Cook’s Notes

These cookies are going to bake up really flat and really big. And they spread a lot. On a half sheet pan, I cook only 6 at a time. And since this recipe make a lot of cookies, that’s a lot of batches. I look at it this way – the dozen or so times I get up and go in to the kitchen to take the sheets in and out of the oven burns enough calories to enjoy an extra cookie ;) Seriously though, if you’re not up for a bunch of batches, you might want to halve the recipe and make fewer.

As for the baking time, you’ll need to experiment a bit with the first few batches. It will vary depending on your baking sheet, oven accuracy and how you like your cookies. I cook mine anywhere from 14-17 minutes. I like these cookies a little chewier, so I cook some at the lower end of the time. My husband loves them dark with more crisp, so I bake some a few minutes longer for him.

I bake on a fairly heavy baking sheet with a Silpat. A Silpat isn’t necessary though, as a parchment lined baking sheet will work as well. That said, the baking time may also vary with a lighter pan or baking on parchment as opposed to a Silpat, so watch them closely for the first few batches.

These cookies are really soft right out of the oven, so they need to sit on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before you can move them to a cooling rack. They’ll continue cooking a wee bit as they site on the baking sheet, so bear that in mind. They will crisp up as they cool though.

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These big, thin and crispy molasses cookies won't win any beauty contests, but they're one seriously delicious and addicting cookie!

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Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Yield: 24 cookies

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Ingredients

• 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups (400 g) white sugar
• 2 large (2 ) eggs
• 1/2 cup (118.29 ml) molasses, not blackstrap
• 3 1/3 cups + 1 Tbsp (416.67 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp. (14.79 g) baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp. (7.39 g) ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp. (7.39 g) ground ginger
• 1 tsp. (4.93 g) salt, reduce to 3/4 tsp. if you used salted butter
• 1/4 (0.03 g) ground cloves

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Instructions

 

• Heat the oven to 325° F. (not fan assisted) with rack in centre of oven and prepare a baking sheet with parchment or a Silpat.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl using a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until thoroughly incorporated. Beat in the molasses.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ground ginger, salt and ground cloves. With the mixer running, slowly add the dry ingredients to the mixture until completely incorporated.
• Spoon the batter into mounds (about 2 Tablespoons each) and place on prepared cookie sheet. Space the cookies at least 3 to 4 inches apart, as they will spread! I bake only 6 at a time on a half sheet pan.
• Baking time will vary depending on your oven, weight of your baking sheet and how you like your cookies (more crispy or more chewy). Check cookies regularly starting at 12 minutes and watch carefully. Cookies will puff up as they bake and then deflate in to a flat cookie. You want to leave them in the oven at least until they deflate. How much longer you bake after that will determine how crispy they'll be. Somewhere between 14-17 minutes is in the right range. If you like, you can rotate the pan front to back halfway through for even colouring.
• Allow cookies to sit on the baking sheet until they firm up enough to move to a cooling rack (about a minute or two). Cookies will firm up as they cool.

Notes

Note that the baking time is for one batch, though you will need to do several batches if you make the full amount of dough. You can also refrigerate the dough and bake off later or freeze, if you like.

Be sure to read the Cook's Notes above the Recipe Card, for more tips on making these cookies.

Cuisine: American

Course: Snack

Author: Jennifer

Calories: 162kcal, Carbohydrates: 35g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 33mg, Sodium: 257mg, Potassium: 132mg, Sugar: 21g, Vitamin A: 255IU, Calcium: 24mg, Iron: 1.3mg

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Adapted from a Christina Tosi recipe

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