Soft and Chewy Chocolate-Molasses-Spice Cookies
Soft and Chewy Chocolate-Molasses-Spice Cookies promise a chewy bite and an explosion of chocolatey fall flavors in every mouthful.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, melted and cooled
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1½ cups flour
- ½ cup cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- turbinado sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Stir together melted butter, sugar, molasses, and egg in a medium sized pot or bowl. (Consider using a medium sized pot to melt the butter and to stir up the dough.)
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
- Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture until smooth.
- Roll the dough into 2 tablespoon balls and refrigerate cookie dough balls in a sealed container for at least 1 hour.
- Roll the dough balls (or at least the tops) in turbinado sugar.
- Bake the cookies at 350°F for 10 minutes and immediately follow these instructions to achieve a perfectly round cookie. Cool on the baking sheet for at least 4 minutes. Move the cookies to another flat surface to cool completely.