molasses cookies

i love molasses cookies!

this is a great recipe that doesn't require butter or too many eggs.

i found the recipe card stuck in a book and unfortunately i did not note the source of the original recipe.  it was stuck in my best recipe book (1999 edition, one of my favorite books) with their molasses cookie recipe but its definitely not from that book, i think the last time i made this recipe was 5 or 6 years ago

molasses cookies

1 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

2/3 cup canola oil

1/4 cup molasses

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

granulated sugar, to roll cookies

Preheat oven to 350`

Mix sugar, egg, canola oil, and molasses until combined.  

Mix in 1/2 of the flour.  Add remaining flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.  

Shape cookies into 1-inch balls (they fall apart if you roll them, so just pat them into ball form).  

Roll in sugar to coat and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.  

Bake for approximately 12 minutes.  

Cool on wire rack.  They will harden as they cool

Makes 36 cookies