Cookie Recipe Blog

This is one of my all-time favorite cookies. I don’t make them often though because I will usually eat them until they are all gone. Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies are like Ginger Snaps without the snap. Usually just rolled in granulated sugar, sometimes I like to dress them up a little with some colored sugar mixed with the granulated sugar for a little extra sparkle.

Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 egg
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup granulated or colored sugar reserved

Cream together butter, shortening and sugars. Add molasses and egg, mix well. Add dry ingredients and combine until dough is well combined. Roll dough into 1″ balls and roll in granulated sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.

Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Image of Farmhouse Cookies from Grandma

A few years ago my wonderful aunts put together a cookbook of all of their mother’s (my grandmother’s) favorite recipes. The book was put together in 2004 at a time when my grandma was very ill. When she saw them putting the cookbooks together, she sat up and helped while reminiscing about all of the recipes in the book. She was excited about the books and when I received my copy, so was I. This cookbook is one of my favorites. I love to just look through the recipes and think about grandma. Each recipe is hand written by her.

One day as I was looking through the recipes I came across this recipe for “Farmhouse Cookies.” I had all of the ingredients so I thought I would try them. Wow! These have now become one of our favorite cookies. I love to make them for every holiday and frost them with the appropriate color of frosting for the holiday. I made them this month for Valentine’s Day. I would have used red food coloring in the frosting, but my son is allergic to red dye. So we went with white frosting and colored candies that he could just take off.

Enjoy these wonderful cookies from Grandma Dody. Grandma is missed very much but I will always remember what a great influence and inspiration she was to me.

Farmhouse Cookies

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 teaspoons baking powder

Cream sugar, shortening and eggs together. Add sour cream and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Chill dough for at least one hour. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Bake in 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes on greased cookie sheet. Cool on cooling racks. Frost or dust with powdered sugar.

Enjoy your cookies and share with your family and friends, after all that’s what grandma would do.

(PS- Thank you to my daughter-in-law Amy for making the beautiful card in the picture)