Small-Batch Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies

Name: Small-Batch Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies
Yield: Makes 11 cookies
Ingredients: ¼ cup (1¾ ounces), granulated sugar, plus ¼ cup for rolling; 1⅓ cups (6⅔ ounces), all-purpose flour; ¾ teaspoon, ground cinnamon; ¾ teaspoon, ground ginger; ½ teaspoon, baking soda; ¼ teaspoon, ground cloves; ⅛ teaspoon, ground allspice; ⅛ teaspoon, table salt; ⅛ teaspoon, pepper; ¼ cup (1¾ ounces), dark brown sugar; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; ¼ cup, molasses; 1 , large egg yolk; ½ teaspoon, vanilla

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2023

Desserts or Baked Goods

We cut our Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies in half to give you just the right amount of these crackly, crinkly delights.

SERVESMakes 11 cookies

TIME45 minutes

Small-Batch Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To avoid using half an egg yolk when we cut our very popular molasses cookie recipe in half, we added extra flour and increased the sugar slightly. Reluctant to pull out the mixer for such a small batch, we melted the butter instead of crea...

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