Mary Ann’s Cookies

Recipe By Anonymous
Rating
Published Jan 27th
Prep - Cook - Additional - Ready In -
Servings 4 dozen Calories 213.9

Molasses cookie recipe from the 1940’s.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ¾ cup molasses
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup hot water
  • ¾ cup shortening
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3 teaspoons baking soda

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. 2 Cream sugar, shortening and molasses together. Mix the baking soda into the hot water. Add dry ingredients alternately with the water mixture.
  3. 3 Drop from a spoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. DO NOT BROWN. Frost with a vanilla frosting if desired.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 213.9
  • Carbohydrate 36 g
  • Fat 6.7 g
  • Fiber 0.8 g
  • Protein 2.7 g
  • Saturated Fat 1.6 g
  • Sodium 161.7 mg
  • Sugar 14.1 g

Reviews

  1. Dave Worthey May 17, 2020 09:24 PM
    Next time try blackstrap molasses for more flavor. Roll into patties, coat in sugar, bake for 11 minutes.
  2. QUIDDITY Oct 15, 2007 01:39 AM
    These got a pretty solid "eh" from everyone in the family. I spiced them up just as another reviewer suggested (added cloves nutmeg and coffee) and they were still bland. Not BAD just not great. I'm sorry!
  3. Karatemomx31 Oct 9, 2007 02:38 PM
    My Grandmother and I use this exact recipe but we roll the dough and cut with a large drinking glass then sprinkle sugar on them before baking.Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350.They are the best molasses cookies I ever had.
  4. magghe Dec 6, 2005 07:29 PM
    Kind of bland...but easy to fix the blandness!try adding 1/2 tsp clove 1/4 tsp nutmeg and substitute the 1 c hot water for 1 cup hot coffee!
  5. RHARRIS524 Jul 15, 2004 02:22 PM
    The cookies were really bland! They didn't have that zing typical of molasses/ginger cookies. On the plus side they were soft and chewy. I iced some of them with powdered sugar icing and it helped give them a little personality but not much.
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