Molasses Cookie Recipes

Soft and chewy molasses cookies are just a few stirs away. Find the perfect recipe for these old fashioned cookies.

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Molasses Crinkles

Rating: 4.71 stars
105
We make these every year for Christmas and are always a sure-to-please treat.
By Elisa

Molasses Peanut Butter Crinkles

Rating: 4.26 stars
28
Plump sugar-topped cookies that taste just like Mary Jane candies. I tone down the ginger and cloves for my toddlers.
By Rachel

Chocolate Jumbo

Rating: 4.71 stars
11
Frosted chocolate and molasses spicy cookie.
By Linda Loparco

Hermit Bar Cookies

Rating: 4.57 stars
78
This recipe is probably 50 years old - Mom made it for us, and now I make it for our kids - they love these bars. Enjoy!
By AUNT MAMIE

Big Soft Ginger Cookies

Rating: 4.74 stars
4954
These are just what they say: big, soft, gingerbread cookies. They stay soft, too. My oldest son's favorite.
By AMY1028

Grandma's Gingersnap Cookies

Rating: 4.76 stars
879
This melt-in-your-mouth ginger cookie recipe that I received from my grandmother has been enjoyed in my family since 1899.
By Marie Ayers

Molasses Cookies

Rating: 4.63 stars
827
My Mom's recipe and one of my favorites. Spicy and chewy, they store well and can be frozen. Great for gift giving or shipping.
By Brenda Hall

Mom's Ginger Snaps

Rating: 4.67 stars
891
Fabulous, spicy cookies.
By Elaine

Grandma's Gingersnaps

Rating: 4.67 stars
364
This was my mother-in-law's recipe and my husband's favorite. Shorten or lengthen the cooking time for a softer or crisper cookie.
By RAMB

Molasses Sugar Cookies

Rating: 4.78 stars
835
These are a wonderful chewy spice cookie. They are drop cookies that keep very well. I make them at the beginning of the holiday season and they keep all the way to New Year's!
By Karin Christian

WWII Oatmeal Molasses Cookies

Rating: 4.54 stars
212
This was my Grandmother's recipe from the 1940's. These cookies use molasses in place of brown sugar, which was one of the items rationed during the war (and harder to get than white sugar, they tell me). To me they're better than regular oatmeal cookies!
By Diana S.

Pfeffernusse Cookies

Rating: 4.69 stars
166
I have searched far and wide for a recipe that mimics my favorite, store-bought version of these cookies. I think, after days of thrown-out cookies, I have come as close as I can get.
By Thebeansma
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Crackle Top Molasses Cookies

Crackle Top Molasses Cookies
"I LOVE this recipe! The cookies are moist and delightfully crunchy on the edges." – Eva Petroff
Molasses Sugar Cookies

Molasses Sugar Cookies
"This is the best molasses cookie recipe EVER! I bake them at 350 for exactly 9 minutes and they are perfect." – Yummy
Soft Molasses Cookies V

Soft Molasses Cookies V
Gingerbread Cookies II

Gingerbread Cookies II
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Crackle Top Molasses Cookies

Crackle Top Molasses Cookies
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Soft Gingerbread Cookies

Soft Gingerbread Cookies
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Molasses Oatmeal White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Rating: 5 stars
1

Soft molasses spice cookies with a touch of oats and white chocolate chips to put a twist on a classic cookie.

More Molasses Cookie Recipes

Cinnamon Cookies II

Rating: 4.58 stars
232
Plenty of cinnamon taste in this one!
By Mellan

Soft Molasses Cookies V

Rating: 4.53 stars
188
Celebrate the winter months with spicy and soft molasses cookies. Great for eating with a hot cup of coffee.
By sal

Gingerbread Biscotti

Rating: 4.41 stars
341
These spicy Italian cookies are the perfect accompaniment for cocoa or coffee during the holiday season! Serve with lemon curd or drizzle with lemon flavored almond bark for a special treat.
By CRISTINA GOMEZ

Chef John's Gingersnap Cookies

Rating: 4.91 stars
58
The amazing spicy-sweet flavor and irresistible texture of these cookies will please even a non-cookie eater like me. You can adjust the spices to suit your tastes but remember, they're called 'snaps' for reasons other than texture!
By Chef John

Molasses Cookies II

Rating: 4.65 stars
139
Soft, easy molasses cookies. Great for kids to help make!
By Jan Badovinac

Chewy White Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cookies

Rating: 4.49 stars
72
These cookies will rock your world and leave your friends begging for more. I must've made them 100 times before finally perfecting them. Great for the holidays!
By Mickie Lear

Gluten-Free Gingersnap Cookies

Rating: 5 stars
2
I decided to squeeze in one more holiday cookie recipe before the New Year! These gluten-free gingersnaps are the best cookie I've ever made, and I might even go as far to say my new favorite cookie of all time! They are made with nut and oat flours and pack a serious flavor punch, thanks to tons of spices and fresh ginger! When I think about the perfect cookie, I think crispy outside and soft inside. These are exactly that!
By Isabel Carlisle Storolis

Gingerbread Cookie Mix in a Jar

Rating: 4.41 stars
34
Gingerbread Cookie Mix layered in a one quart canning jar. Great Christmas gift. Place a circle of gingerbread fabric between lid and ring and tie a gingerbread man cookie cutter onto jar with ribbon!
By Staci

Butterscotch Lace Cookies

Rating: 4.32 stars
26
These need to stand overnight. Do not make them in hot, humid weather as the cookies absorb moisture from the air and become limp.
By Kathleen Dickerson

Peanut Butter Molasses Cookies

Rating: 4.3 stars
23
These peanut butter cookies stay nice and soft. They have an unusual spice cookie taste.
By Susan Kaman

Irresistible Oatmeal Cream Pies

Rating: 4.67 stars
3
These cookie sandwiches are absolutely delicious and irresistible! My husband took one bite and exclaimed that these were his new favorite dessert. The secret ingredient is Hershey's® cinnamon chips!
By SavedByGrace

Rolled Molasses Sugar Cookies

Rating: 4.73 stars
84
The trick to getting 'chewy' cookies is to bake them the minimum time necessary and then cool them directly on a surface (i.e. - counter, table, etc). Don't cool them on a rack! You can also store them with a slice of apple.
By Kathy

Aunt Sally Cookies

Rating: 4.41 stars
13
Just like the ones we bought when I was a child.
By knowell

Storybook Gingerbread Men

Rating: 4.23 stars
124
Soft gingerbread cookies.
By Annamaria

Amish Oatmeal Cookies

Rating: 4.07 stars
9
Peanut raisin cookies.
By Mary Adams Hogan

Chewy Molasses Bars

Rating: 4.33 stars
4
Molasses, brown sugar, and walnuts bring chewiness, texture, and great flavor to these easy autumn lunch-box treats.
By Crisco
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Amazing Ginger Snaps

Rating: 4.36 stars
15
My Aunt Lisa always made these chewy ginger snaps around the holidays. These are so easy to make and are sure to disappear for whatever crowd you make them for, your family or a get together. Enjoy!
By Jennifer Mazorra Salamy

Soft Molasses Cookies II

Rating: 4.02 stars
35
The best soft molasses cookie I've ever eaten! You may substitute 3/4 cup undiluted evaporated milk with 3/4 tablespoon vinegar for the sour cream. Cookies can be iced with a mixture of confectioners' sugar and milk, or just sprinkled with confectioners' sugar.
By Anna S. Uhland

Molasses Sugar Cookies II

Rating: 4.73 stars
78
These taste like a ginger cookie. They can be either crispy or chewy, depending on when they are taken out of the oven. Balls of dough are formed, then rolled in sugar and baked.
By Karin Christian

Melissa's Grandma's Ginger Lace Cookies

Rating: 4.54 stars
6
If you've ever wondered why our pastry chef Melissa is so good, you need only dig into her family history to realize that she comes from a long line of talented bakers. This recipe from her great-grandmother Formanek dates from the WWI era, hence no butter. These freeze well.
By Vista Verde Ranch

Pepparkakor I

Rating: 3.89 stars
6
A traditional Swedish Christmas recipe, they are crispy, brown, and delicious plain or decorated. Different from your everyday gingersnap!
By Kathy Seaberg

Ginger Snap Cookies

Rating: 4.65 stars
63
These use fresh ginger and candied ginger.
By Kathleen Dickerson

Canadian Molasses Cookies

Rating: 3.96 stars
60
This recipe comes from Prince Edward Island and contains no butter.
By Manny

Lassy Mogs

Rating: 4.5 stars
4
If you live in Canada you may be familiar with President's Choice Lassy Mog cookies. It is claimed that these cookies originated in Newfoundland, Canada. I hope you enjoy them as much as my friends and family do.
By Canadian Jen
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