Classic molasses cut-out cookie recipes from the '60s - Click Americana (2024)

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What kind of molasses do you use for cookies? ›

How to use it: This is the most commonly sold molasses, mostly used in baking. Light molasses helps to make cookies softer and bread crustier, and it can also be used in marinades and sauces.

Molasses Cookies originally were a small cake form of Gingerbread. Mrs. Lincoln, who established the Boston Cooking School, also wrote the school's first cook book in 1884. She set the standard in creating a separate section for Cookies which included the Gingerbread recipes along with Soft Molasses Cookies.

In the Southern colonies, every housewife knew how to bake tea cakes that had no extra flavoring except butter and sometimes a couple drops of rose water. The first American cookies that showed up in cook books had creative names like Jumbles, Plunkets and Cry Babies which gave no clue to what was inside the cookie.

It's no surprise that chocolate chip cookies consistently rank as one of the most beloved treats in the United States.

Light molasses is the liquid that remains after the first white sugar is extracted from cane juice. The flavor is lighter and has more fruity notes to it, in the same way the first pressing of olives makes a lighter, fruitier olive oil. Light (sometimes called "fancy") molasses is ideal for baked goods and candies.

After the end of World War I, refined sugar prices dropped drastically resulting in the migration of consumers from molasses to white sugar crystals.

Avoid blackstrap molasses–it's too strong for this recipe and will make the cookies bitter.

Why didn't my molasses crinkle cookies crack? You likely need to have more sugar on the tops of the cookies before baking. The sugar helps dry out the top layer before the rest of the cookie bakes, which is what causes those deep crinkles.

Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co. But did you know Oreos are a copycat product?

Pizzelles are the oldest known cookie and originated in the mid-section of Italy. They were made many years ago for the “Festival of the Snakes” also known as the “Feast Day of San Domenico”.

Who was the first person to eat a cookie? ›

Cookies appear to have their origins in 7th century AD Persia, shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region. They spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain.

Fun Facts News: What is the best-selling cookie in the world? Oreo cookies. Since the brand's inception in 1912, more than 450 billion Oreo cookies have been sold around the world, and are now available in more than 100 countries.

Grandma's Molasses comes in two grades: Original and Robust. Original molasses: amber color, used to sweeten hot cereals, yogurts or hot drinks (like coffee, tea or cocoa).

Regular (or Original or Mild) Molasses

This is your everyday molasses. It's the tamest in flavor and works well to boost other supporting flavors. Regular molasses is perfect for situations like pecan pie, where you want sweetness with depth to complement the brown sugar flavor.

Dark Molasses

This type of molasses is also known as full, robust, or second molasses.

Crosby's Cooking Molasses

It's darker than fancy molasses and is less sweet, with a more “full-flavoured” taste. Cooking molasses is a common substitute for fancy molasses in many recipes and the finished product will have a much more robust molasses flavour than if fancy molasses is used.