Monday, December 15, 2014

Long Winter Molasses Cookies (SRC Cookie Carnival)

Long Winter Molasses Cookies © www.foodbabylife.com

It's December so there is no Secret Recipe Club post for Group D but instead it's Cookie Carnival time! Members from all 4 groups have volunteered to do a cookie post today. I think this is the first time we have done this (certainly it's the first time I have participated) and I was so excited to find a new cookie recipe.

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without cookies. Over the years I've made dozens of different types to give as gifts, to share when friends and family drop around and just to have something special in the cookie jar.

I was assigned Cheese Curd in Paradise by Ashley. Ashley lives in Green Bay, has a 2 year old son and is a serious Packers fan (and yes even here in Australia I have heard of the Green Bay Packers!). I actually did the final semester of my law degree at Marquette University in Milwaukee so am quite familiar with that part of the world.

Ashley has some amazing looking recipes including a Crispy Parmesan Chicken with Lemon Hollandaise which had my mouth watering and she even won a prize for her Brat and Beer Mac and Cheese in a tailgating recipe contest! - although it does always make me giggle because here tailgating is when you drive too close behind the car in front of you and they don't give prizes for that :)

BUT this is all about the cookies and when I saw her Long Winter Molasses Cookies I was sold. Even though it is stinking hot here at Christmas time these cookies are so Christmassy it doesn't matter whether it is summer or winter! They are packed with spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves (I added a few extra to the original recipe) and flavoured with rich, dark molasses. My boys went nuts for these and kept asking for 'more gingerbread!' I made 2 batches and each disappeared in record time.

'Santa' has already put in a request for a plateful of these to be left out with a glass of milk on Christmas Eve and I am more than happy to oblige.

Thanks for a great recipe Ashley, and Merry Christmas to all my fellow SRC members!

Long Winter Molasses Cookies
Adapted from Cheese Curd in Paradise

2 cups plain flour
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
1 ts cinnamon
1 ts ground ginger
1/8 ts ground cloves
1/4 ts nutmeg
1/4 ts ground white pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup white sugar
2 tsp bicarb soda
170 grams melted butter

In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour,spices, baking soda and salt and then set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the melted butter, sugar, egg and molasses until well combined. Add the prepared dry ingredients to wet and stir to form a sticky dough.

Wrap the dough in greaseproof paper and chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius / 170 degrees fan-forced / 375 Fahrenheit and line 2 trays with baking paper.

Roll out the dough on a floured surface and cut into cookies of whatever shape you like.

Bake for 8 minutes and leave to cool on the tray for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Try not to eat them all at once.




18 comments:

  1. HI! I am Michaela, from Group B! LOVE this post and those cookies!! They are going on my must bake list! :)

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  2. One of my all time favorite cookies~ Happy Holidays~ Lynn @ Turnips 2 Tangerines

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  3. What a great cookie to leave for Santa! =)

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  4. Oh, my husband loves molasses cookies! He would love, love, love if I made these for him. Thanks for the idea, they look wonderful!

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  5. I think molasses cookies are one of those that when you hear the name, you think "oh man, I love those cookies and I always forget to make them". Because right now I'm thinking, "oh man, I love those cookies and I always forget to make them." Thanks for the reminder. They are on the list for this holiday!

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  6. Whata great choice -I bet santa will love them!

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  7. Those do sound like the PERFECT Christmas cookie! I love the ones packed with rich spices. Yumm! Definitely saving these to try soon.

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  8. Molasses cookies are my favorite!! These ones look so chewy and delicious!

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  9. Beautiful photo! These look delicious. Love the combination of spices.

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  10. I can't imagine eating gingersnap cookies in the middle of summer, even if it is Christmas. Love this post though and love the pictures.

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  11. These look fantastic - perfect winter cookie!

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  12. I made a very similar cookie for today's reveal! Mine had less baking soda (bicarb soda) and yours used melted butter, and mine was at room temp. I wonder what different that makes to the cookies? I might have to make yours now to compare :-)

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  13. Love spice cookies. Great choice

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  14. I think Santa will be a very happy man this year!

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  15. These sound so spice-filled and delicious.

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  16. Yum. Santa will be well fed :)

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  17. I adore molasses cookies. I will definitely give these a try.

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