Boy am I glad that we can go all out of order and do the recipes when we can/want this month. I had planned on doing these cookies last week when they were 'due' but honestly...I just plain forgot. It happens. Frequently. But you know what...I'm okay with that. So the guys at work didn't get these until Friday. I'm pretty sure they were just as happy to get them Friday as opposed to Monday. Actually, I think they were pretty happy to get cookies period.
Pamela of Cookies with Boys chose Sugar-Topped Molasses Spice Cookies on pages 76 and 77 of Baking. Since it has turned colder, I've been in the mood for a nice holidayish cookie and these cookies fit the bill perfectly. They are absolutely delicious and full of that spicy flavor that just screams HOLIDAY!.
My cookies must have been terribly small or Dorie makes gigantor cookies because I got about 3 dozen out of the full batch. I used a 1 T cookie scoop and got what I thought were normal sized cookies. When they were baked, they were about 3 inches in diameter. I could have done like Dorie suggested and divided each half of the dough into 12 equal pieces but really...that was just too complicated for me the night I made them.
I only had one complaint about the cookies from one of my tasters. I'm not sure if his taste buds were just off that day but he seemed to think they were too spicy. Well...not spicy really. He thought they were to ginger spicy. Um...right. Ok...welll....isn't that the point of these cookies? I asked around and no one else seemed to think that so I'll just blame this issue on his faulty taste buds. Of course, being too spicy didn't stop him from eating multiple cookies.
You can find this recipe on Pamela's blog, Cookies with Boys and in Baking (obviously!). Check out the TWD blogroll for more of the recipes from this month!
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I love molasses cookies but I'm the only here that does. I think it might be the ginger that everyone does not like, but that okay I still make them and somehow they disappear.
They're even spicier the next day! I also got 3 dozen out of this recipe.
Your cookies look delicious!
LOVED these - glad your guys liked them (bar the one who said they were too spicy!). Really?! :)
I halved the recipe and still ended up with a LOT of cookies - so it wasn't just you that noticed it.
These were definitely gingery--and that's a good thing. =) I went the cookie scoop route as well--so much easier than dividing the dough and trying to figure out if it was portioned evenly.
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