Last Friday night was another fabulous unschoolers potluck hosted by our friends Eileen and George. I spent the better part of the week trying to come up with something yummy to make for the gathering and after much contemplation finally settled on these delicious molasses cookies. We'd had them at the lantern walk we went on last November and I had held on to the recipe ever since (why? I have no idea). We gathered the necessary ingredients (including our first jar of coconut oil) and got to work. They came out as delicious as we remembered and were a total hit at the party! Should you be looking for a new cookie recipe, especially one that really "goes" with the season look no further (the recipe is below)!
Molasses Cookies
2/3 cup
Coconut oil (heat until liquid)
3/4 cup
white sugar
1/4 cup
brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup
molasses
2 cups whole
wheat or spelt flour (or some combination of the 2)
2 teaspoons
baking soda
1 teaspoon
cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon
ginger
1/2 teaspoon
ground cloves
Spoon full
of sugar (or two) on a plate to roll the dough balls in before baking
Preheat oven
to 350.
Mix together
oil and sugar. Add egg and Molasses. Lastly, stir in flour and spices. Add more
flour if necessary to get a firm dough. Roll into balls and roll around in
sugar before putting on baking sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes or until the tops
crack. The cookies will seem doughy and undercooked when they come out of the
oven, but they harden up nicely as they cool- don't let this fool you into
over-baking them!
