Bourbon Molasses Cookies are a soft, chewy cookie sure to please everyone. The cookies are made with brown sugar, spices, molasses and bourbon and rolled in sugar before baking.
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There is a motto I live by: if it has bourbon in it, I'm trying it.
I realize that's a little weird, but it hasn't led me wrong so far. Bourbon is a great addition to any recipe and I've tried quite a few of them, ranging from savory to sweet. In each one, the bourbon flavor was subtly there, just adding an extra little bit of delicious to the recipe.
These Bourbon Molasses Cookies are no exception.
WHAT ARE BOURBON MOLASSES COOKIES?
Bourbon Molasses Cookies are a soft, chewy cookie. The molasses and brown sugar make it chewy and it's filled with spices such as cinnamon, ginger and allspice for a rich flavor. The bourbon adds a hint of nuttiness to the cookies and they're rolled in sugar before baking for a gorgeous crinkled cookie look.
DO YOU TASTE THE BOURBON IN THE COOKIES?
Not really. Only three tablespoons of bourbon is used in the dough and the alcohol cooks off while they bake. Instead of a strong bourbon flavor, like in a bourbon cocktail, the flavor is subdued and creates a slight nuttiness to the cookie.
CAN YOU FREEZE BOURBON MOLASSES COOKIES?
Yes. Freezing cookies or cookie dough is a great way to always have a dessert on hand. The dough of these cookies requires refrigeration before baking as well. Once the dough has chilled enough to handle, it can be rolled into balls and placed on parchment paper and frozen for up to 3 months. Baked cookies, once cooled, can be tightly wrapped and frozen in an air-tight container for 3 months as well.
BOURBON MOLASSES COOKIE INGREDIENTS
- Dry Ingredients: all purpose flour, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, black pepper, salt, brown sugar, granulated sugar
- Wet Ingredients: unsalted butter, vanilla extract, eggs, molasses, bourbon
BOURBON MOLASSES COOKIE DIRECTIONS
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, black pepper and salt in a bowl.
- Beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the eggs, one at a time, followed by vanilla.
- Pour in the molasses and bourbon.
- Stir the flour spice mixture into the wet ingredients.
- Transfer cookie dough onto a large sheet of wax paper. Fold wax paper around it and refrigerate for at least 5 hours but up to 3 days.
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll out the chilled dough into golf-ball sized balls. (The dough will be very sticky). Toss the dough balls in granulated sugar. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until the tops of the cookies have begun to crack.
- Rest on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Spices like ginger, cinnamon and allspice make me think of the holidays. These cookies contain all of the those flavors and are the perfect bite of holiday flavor.
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Recipe
Bourbon Molasses Cookies #ChristmasCookiesWeek
Ingredients
- 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup molasses
- 3 tablespoon bourbon
- 4 ⅔ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup granulated sugar for rolling cookie dough in
Instructions
- Combine the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed for 5 minutes, until light and fluffy.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Add the vanilla and eggs to the stand mixer. Once incorporated, add in the molasses and bourbon.
- Slowly add in the flour mixture to the stand mixer and mix until a soft dough is formed.
- Transfer the dough to a large sheet of wax paper, roll up and refrigerate for 5 hours or up to 3 days.
- Preheat the oven to 350. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Add granulated sugar to a small bowl.
- Roll out the dough (it will be sticky) into golf-ball sized balls. Roll the dough balls into the sugar, coating entirely and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the cookies are cracked on top.
- Let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Colleen - Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck
I just love molasses in a cookie...so much flavor! And when you add in bourbon, what's not to love???