Do NOT judge these cookies by their cover. I assure you they taste magical.
These cookies were created because I have a problem. When I go into a grocery store, down the baking aisle, I always get a strange compulsion to buy all the baking ingredients. Like, I have no recipe in mind, I just want to buy them.
And since I somehow opened my shopping bag and found some molasses inside, I thought that I needed to find something to put it in.
Enter these Molasses Chocolate Chip Cookies. Now I know that they don’t look so great, being all flat and all, but they taste divine! I wasn’t going to post this, but I liked them so much that I thought it would be a shame NOT to post them.
Plus, you know. I need more cookie recipes in my life.
If you try this recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Molasses Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 Tbsp molasses
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the molasses, vanilla and egg until fully incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Slowly mix the dry ingredients in with the wet ingredients until fully incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop by tablespoonful onto a lightly sprayed cookie sheet, and bake for around 10 minutes, or until golden. Leave on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
Nutrition
If you like these Molasses Chocolate Chip Cookies you’ll love these recipes.
Peanut Butter and Molasses Cookies
Soft Gingerbread Cookies
Who doesn't need more cookie recipes in their life? 😉 Always good to have loads of baking stuff on hand. "Cause you just never know when inspiration will strike. This looks wonderful — thanks.
I always have a tin of molasses in the pantry because I really love them. These cookies look fantastic, Cathleen.
These cookies look fantastic! I use molasses frequently when baking, because the first year of a kid's life they can't have honey, and I just got into the habit.
What a great addition molasses it! your cookies look perfect!
mary
Love these cookies:)
Cathleen, I happen to like flat looking cookies and yours are a beauty to me! Molasses, eh? I've seen them but I didn't know what to do with them. But now I know, right? hee..hee..
'The cover' is really good! These cookies both look and sound delicious!
These look divine – what are you talking about being all flat? They're cookies 😀 And they look ridiculously chewy, which is only a good thing 😀 Someone brought homemade cookies to a Game of Thrones evening the other day, and they were so good! We all need more homemade cookies in our lives, thanks! x
Love the taste of molasses…the cookies look fantastic!
🙂 ela@GrayApron
I bet they taste amazing! …and they don't look bad to me. I can see theses cookies must be yummy.
Oh and btw, when I'm doing my grocery shopping I have the same 'problem'…every new ingredient and baking supply I see has to be mine! lol.
xoxo
The baking aisle always lures me in, too! You're right, one can never have too many cookie recipes 🙂
I have never found a cookie with chocolate that didn't meet my needs. I have no doubt that these would more than suffice! And as for your shopping foray-I do the same thing. Right now I have black rice, chia seeds and something else that I have no idea what to do with but I thought I needed them at the time! I hate to have a bare spot in my pantry!
Ooo, I love the addition of molasses! Must make for one super soft, spiced chocolate chip cookie. Great recipe!
Looking at these gorgeous pictures, I get such a crave for the cookies.
They look so addictive 🙂
My favourite molasses cookies are super flat too – so I know these must taste as good as you say! Love them!
These look delish! and I just found a bottle of molasses in my pantry. Cookie time!
Love molasses in cookies, your recipe sounds delicious. Happy Week-end!
My grandmother used to make molasses cookies when I was little. They were her favorites and mine too. But other people I know don't care too much for them—I don't understand that at all!??
Mireya @myhealthyeatinghabits
LOL. I do the same thing when I`m in the baking aisle. I bought a jar of molasses to make muffins MONTHS ago, but I still haven`t made those muffins! Haha. This is a good recipe for me to save in the archives.
What a lovely cookie! The golden color is so tempting. Can’t wait to try.
I hope you do. It is so good!
Ha, you and I have the same problem at the grocery store. I have an opened can of molasses myself and have been looking for recipes to use it up. It is not that easy to find a recipe that’s not somehow Christmassy. Your cookies however are perfect for any time of the year! LOVE the look of them.
So true! They are great during Christmas, but I love them at all times of the year!
i have never baked with molasses but i can almost smell that rich aroma infused with chocolate!
You definitely must!! It is so good!
I don’t see anything wrong with these cookies! They look simply divine!! I love molasses cookies and what recipe doesn’t benefit from adding chocolate chips? 😉 I will be making these soon as I’m a cookie fiend!
Me too!! Thanks Elaine!
I love chocolate chip cookies AND I love molasses cookies, so making this recipe is definitely going onto my to do list. I don’t think these cookies look especially flat. I think they look perfect. In fact, I’m salivating thinking of them. (Imagine me wiping drool off of my chin, and swallowing.) This is a great idea. LOVE IT!
Haha, I am 100% agreeing with you! Thanks Patti!
I love chocolate chip cookies and addition of molasses will make them ultimate!
So true! Thanks!
Well, my philosophy is never judge a book by its cover. The most amazing looking recipes can taste like — well I won’t say it. Your cookies look and sound delicious. I like using molasses and just because a cookie is flat does not make it unappealing. And I’m a bit like you, I go to the grocery store and see the potential.
Haha, I totally agree Marisa! Thanks 🙂
I love cookies! I’ve never made any with molasses but I have all these ingredients AND a bottle of molasses sitting in my fridge right now!! I’m going to have to give these a try since my kids are on spring break…they’d love these!
Perfect timing! Let me know how they go!
Two awesome ingredients in one delicious cookie! These Molasses Chocolate Chip Cookies look and sound easy and fantastic!
They are! Thanks Tamara 🙂
But molasses adds such great flavor! Texture, too – I bet these are moist and chewy and wonderful…
They really are. Thanks Anne!
I absolutely love the flavor of molasses, but never thought to pair it with chocolate chips. It’s a GENIUS idea, and I’m always game for any cookie that is described as “magical”! YUM!
It is such a good combo!! Thanks Ashley!
Love these cookies. In the UK we call molasses treacle, but it’s pretty much the some thing. And I love it. So these cookies are a huge hit in my book!
Oh, no way! I had a recipe that used treacle and didn’t know what to use! Thanks for letting me know!
These cookies look so chewy and I bet molasses taste great with chocolate chips! What a great idea!
Thanks Elena. They are some of my favourite cookies 🙂