Cookie Monster

Whenever I visit my sister, Anna, I make a point to raid her recipe drawer.  Her husband, Mark, grew up with the kind of Grandmother that cooked a spread for every meal, any given day.  When M and I visited a few Christmas' ago she had baked nine pies. And that was just the pies.  Needless to say, her Molasses Cookie recipe is perfection. Chewy and soft, none of that brittle business.

Sunday afternoon M and I decided we needed something a little sweet, so I pulled out the mixer...

Beat butter, sugar, molasses and an egg together. Then, add your flour, soda, cloves, ginger, salt & cinnamon (full recipe below)



Then comes the sad part. Chill for 2 hrs. That takes cookie patience. I almost made a batch of chocolate chip to ease my waiting, but M stopped me.  That's okay... just meant I had time to lick these...



and play with this little booger (and, yes, diaper time is pretty common)...



Fast forward to my chilled dough. Roll the dough into about 1" balls, and then give them a spin in some sugar.



Sometimes I'm not sure it's entirely necessary to bake them... but, then I guess we'd miss this part...





Who's the cookie monster?



I think it might be me.

Click below for full recipe



Mark's Grandma's Molasses Cookies (too many possessives?)

Ingredients

3/4 c. butter, softened

1 c. sugar

1/4 c. molasses

1 egg

2 c. flour

2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. cloves

1/2 tsp. ginger

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

Directions

1. Beat together: butter, sugar, molasses and egg


2. Add remaining ingredients


3. Chill for 2 hrs


4. Roll into balls, roll in sugar


5. Bake ~9 minutes @ 375 F