My mother was a great baker. As children, we often arrived home from school to be greeted by the aroma of freshly baked cookies, cakes and tarts. Our friends were astonished by our wealth of baked goods.
My sister Penelope recently revived the recipe for one our family's favourite aromatic cookies. Her attached note indicated that "these are the ones mom made - great grandma McMullen's recipe".
My memory of the cookies is that they spread considerably during baking, and that the final product was flat and chewy. Mine did not turn out that way, so I assume that I measured something (like the flour) incorrectly. They still tasted great. You can always try cutting the amount of flour by 1/4 cup.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar (my sister used brown sugar, which I suspect is best)
- 1 cup molasses
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts are best I think)
Methods:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, blend together the butter, sugar, and molasses. In a second bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together. Stir the dry ingredients into the butter/molasses mixture until they are well incorporated. Then stir in the nuts. Chill the dough. Roll into balls or drop by teaspoon, leaving room between cookies for them to spread out significantly.
Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 5 - 6 dozen.
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