Molasses Cookie Recipes

Bring back memories of grandma’s house with these sweet-and-spicy molasses cookie recipes. We’ll show you how to make ’em soft, with blackstrap molasses and even the old-fashioned Amish way!

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Orange Gingerbread Tassies

I make big Christmas cookie plates every year, and it’s fun to have something with a different shape to include. These have a delicious flavor with the gingerbread and orange, and they are really easy! The tassies are also yummy with lemon zest if you prefer that over the orange. You can decorate with some candied orange peel if you have it.
—Elisabeth Larsen, Pleasant Grove, UT

Ugly Sweater Cookies

Perhaps the most amazing thing about Ugly Sweater Cookies is how cute they are. Try these classic gingerbreads on for...


Ginger S’mores

I’ve spent a few years perfecting this recipe to get the cookie soft and full of flavor and to balance...


Dipped Gingersnaps

53 reviews

I get tremendous satisfaction making and giving time-tested yuletide treats like these dipped gingersnaps. Dipping them in white chocolate makes...


Triple Ginger Cookies

1 review

My dad loved ginger cookies. I tinkered with the recipe my grandma handed down by using fresh, ground and crystallized...

Coffee-Glazed Molasses Cookies

4 reviews

I dreamed up these molasses cookies while sipping coffee and watching snow fall. The aroma from the baking cookies reaches...


Molasses Crinkle Cookies

6 reviews

If you love desserts with warm and comforting spices, try these molasses crinkle cookies. They're crispy on the outside, chewy...

Lemony Gingerbread Whoopie Pies

22 reviews

These spiced-just-right whoopie pies combine two popular flavors in one fun treat. The moist cookies are rolled in sugar before...


Spiced Molasses Doughnut Cookies

1 review

I don't know where this recipe came from, but my family has been making these cookies for four generations. I...


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Gingerbread Snow Globe

3 reviews

I make a big batch of these gingerbread cookies every Christmas to give to co-workers and family. For a festive...


Glazed Pfeffernuesse

5 reviews

Our version of the classic German cookie is nice to have on hand throughout the holiday season. They stay fresh—and...

Ginger Creme Sandwich Cookies

4 reviews

With a lemony filling, these spiced cookies go over big because they have old-fashioned, comfort-food appeal. Your party guests will...


Oatmeal Gingersnaps

38 reviews

I always get compliments on these delicious chewy cookies. The spicy aroma fills my kitchen when they're baking and never...


Giant Spice Cookies

11 reviews

I heard this cookie recipe over the radio about 1950—shortly after my husband and I married. The big spicy treats...


Frosted Molasses Cookies

4 reviews

If my family knows I've baked these cookies, they're sure to gobble them up in a hurry.


Soft Molasses Cutout Cookies

6 reviews

I received this recipe years ago, when my husband and I managed a retirement home. We'd always put out homemade...

Jumbo Molasses Cookies

7 reviews

"These gigantic molasses cookies remind me of the ones my grandmother used to make," remembers Joan Stull of Titusville, Florida....


Ginger Drop Cookies

1 review

My mother shared the recipe for these soft spice cookies, and I'm so grateful to have it! —Bethel Walters, Willow...


Oatmeal Molasses Crisps

13 reviews

When I found this recipe in an Amish cookbook, I had to try it. It’s traditional in regions with Amish...


Molasses Sugar Cookies

14 reviews

There's nothing really fancy about these cookies, but they're my husband's all-time favorite. He enjoys their chewy, comforting flavor and...


Mom’s Molasses Cookies

14 reviews

The kitchen smells so good when Mom is baking these yummy cookies, which we like to make with sorghum. They're...


Molasses Cookies

1 review

Making these soft, chewy cookies with a rich flavor has been a family tradition since my children were small. At...


Drizzled Gingerbread Biscotti

1 review

After stumbling across a community recipe for gingerbread biscotti, I made several batches and tweaked it to our tastes. These...


Jumbo Chocolate Cutouts

The recipe for these light cookies has been passed down from generation to generation. Have a little extra fun with...


Spiced Toffee Cookies

I bake these cookies for family gatherings because my crowd likes cookies thin and chewy with a crispy exterior. The...

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Chocolate Chip Molasses Cookies

4 reviews

This recipe originally came from my grandmother but I have altered it a bit to add my favorite: chocolate chips....


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Gingerbread Men

58 reviews

These festive gingerbread men cookies are soft and chewy, are filled with cozy winter flavors and hold their shape perfectly...


Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

13 reviews

These chewy gingerbread cookies are packed with warm spices and rich molasses, delivering a perfect balance of soft and chewy...


Grandma’s Christmas Spice Cutouts

2 reviews

My great-grandmother made these, and the tradition was passed down in the family—without a written recipe! My mother would always...


Chocolate Gingersnaps

12 reviews

When my daughter Jennifer was 15 years old, she created this recipe as a way to combine two of her...


Spiced Christmas Cookies

1 review

This delicious cookie recipe has been passed down through six generations and was brought to America from Germany in 1846!...