Molasses has been on my mind for most of this winter. And while I could re-make gingerbread cake or gingerbread cookies, as always, why not try something new? I turned, naturally, to Cook's Illustrated and chose their Molasses Spice Cookies with Orange Essence recipe for my new bottle of molasses. The recipe was really easy to follow, and I made just a few modifications:
- 1.5 tsp. of orange zest
- no allspice, instead maybe 1/4 tsp. of nutmeg
- baked for 10 minutes total
- cookies were probably slightly smaller than the original recipes because I ended up with 26 instead of 22
I also had a good 1/2 cup – 3/4 cup of leftover orange/sugar mix, and instead of throwing it away, I put the remainder in the freezer which I have no idea if that is a good idea or not. We'll see when I try to re-purpose it, but for this recipe, I would recommend reducing the sugar mix so you don't end up with waste at the end.
The cookies were pretty light and fluffy, though maybe a tad on the dry side. I will probably make the recipe again, though gingerbread cake is definitely more winter-esque, just to use up the sugar mix.
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