Food
Mountain Cookies (Molasses)
By Yankee Magazine|Dec 28 2005|
Yield
3-4 dozen cookies
Ingredients
1/2 pound butter, margarine, or shortening (melted and cooled to lukewarm)
2-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cloves (you can substitute nutmeg or ginger, but cloves gives this cookie its distinctive flavor)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 beaten egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking soda
1/4 cup molasses
4 cups flour
Instructions
Grease baking sheets.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In large bowl combine first 6 ingredients and mix well. Dissolve baking soda in 1/4 cup warm water and add to large bowl. Beat in molasses. Stir in flour. Drop dough in walnut-size lumps on a greased cookie sheet. Cook 7-10 minutes (I cook 8 minutes). Cookie is barely done in middle and crisp around edges when done.
This is an awesome molasses cookie recipe!!! It is in big demand with my college kids!! Try it!!
This old recipe from a ‘Great New England Cooks’ article in the early 90’s (?) has been a 4th of July staple in my home. The original recipe was called ‘mountain O’ cookies’, created by a young woman chef who cooked on boats.. I have added additional spices, including cardamom, but the distinctive flavor, and the chewy, old fashioned nature of these cookies comes from the cloves.
I serve them with huge bowl of fresh cherries. Love em’!
I have made Chewy Spice Cookies from Yankee magazine, July/Aug, 2001 issue and it has always been a favorite. This recipe calls for cardamom, too.
This recipe is originally published in the July 1987 edition. I still have the magazine after all these years.