Molasses Spice Cookies

Name: Molasses Spice Cookies
Yield: makes 4 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened; 1/4 cup vegetable shortening; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1 egg; 1/4 cup dark molasses; 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/3 cup granulated sugar

December 9, 2011

In the convection oven, the baking temperature is reduced from 375°F to 350°F, and the baking time from 12 to 9 minutes. If that alone isn’t enough to convince you to turn on the convection bake mode, I bake three sheets of cookies at one time, which is what the recipe yields, reducing the total baking time from 36 to 9 minutes.

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