Best Molasses Jumbles Recipes

SOFT MOLASSES JUMBLES

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These old-fashioned cookies are given a new twist with raisins and chocolate chips.-Margaret Adamson, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 25m

Yield 4 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup buttermilk
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine molasses and buttermilk. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with molasses mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in raisins and chocolate chips., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 157 calories, Fat 7g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 23mg cholesterol, Sodium 140mg sodium, Carbohydrate 24g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.

MOLASSES JUMBLES

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These cookies are very old-fashioned. Eating them is like eating a bit of history, or so my partner tells me. There was a time when molasses was the main sweetener for many people.

Provided by Arthur Bruso

Categories Drop Cookies

Time 30m

Yield 36-48 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup molasses (you can use any kind of molasses you prefer. Light molasses makes a brown, delicate flavored cookie;)
1 egg
2 teaspoons powdered ginger (optional)
1 tablespoon baking soda
1/2 cup sour milk

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Bring the butter to room temperature so that it is soft.
Cream the butter with the brown sugar.
Stir in the molasses.
Add the egg.
Measure out the flour and add to the butter/molasses mixture.
Stir until partially blended.
Add the milk and blend well.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake 10 min.
or until set in the center (no imprint remains when lighty touched with a finger).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 65.3, Fat 2.8, SaturatedFat 1.7, Cholesterol 13, Sodium 130.5, Carbohydrate 10.1, Sugar 8.3, Protein 0.3

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