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    Molasses Cookies

    Molasses cookie recipe: soft, chewy cookies dark with Maritime molasses, ginger and warm spice. A beloved old-fashioned Atlantic Canada cookie-jar classic.

    ⏱ 15 minPrep time
    🔥 30 minCook time
    🍽 4Servings
    🏷 DessertCategory
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    Stack of soft chewy molasses cookies with cracked tops on a wooden table

    Molasses arrived in the Maritimes aboard the trading ships that carried fish south to the Caribbean, and it came back north in barrels — cheaper than sugar and twice as flavourful. Atlantic bakers folded it into everything, but nothing took to it like a cookie. The old folks still call them lassy cookies.

    These are the soft, dark, spice-scented cookies that sat in every Maritime cookie jar: ginger and cinnamon against that deep, almost smoky molasses sweetness. They keep for days, travel well, and taste like a kitchen that smells of baking on a rainy afternoon.

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    Step by stepInstructions

    1. Cream the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy, then beat in the molasses and the egg.
    2. Whisk the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt together in a separate bowl.
    3. Stir the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until just combined, then chill the dough for 30 minutes.
    4. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart.
    5. Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes until set around the edges, then cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before moving to a rack.

    💡 Chef tips & storage

    For softer cookies, pull them out when the edges are set but the centres still look slightly underdone. The dough keeps in the fridge for a week, so you can bake a few at a time.

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    Recipe details

    Prep15 min
    Cook30 min
    Servings4
    CategoryDessert
    PublishedAugust 17, 2026
    Emily — the cook behind My Comfort Recipes

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    Hi, I'm Emily — the cook behind My Comfort Recipes. Simple, tested comfort food for real weeknights, written down the way grandma would. Pull up a chair. More about me →

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