Healthy Whole Wheat Molasses Cookies Recipes

HEALTHY WHOLE WHEAT MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350°F.
• sift first four ingredients together.
• in another bowl, mix butter, molasses and vanilla, then add eggs.
• add sifted ingredients and whole wheat flour, thoroughly mix.
• add raisins and mix.
• drop a tsp about 2 inches apart and bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

WHOLE WHEAT GINGER SNAPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cups of sugar until smooth. Mix in the eggs, and then the molasses. Combine the whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice, heaping the measures if you like a lot of spice. Stir the dry ingredients into the molasses mixture just until blended.
• Roll the dough into small balls, and dip the top of each ball into the remaining white sugar. Place the cookies about 2 inches apart on the cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until the tops are cracked. Bake longer for crispy cookies, less time for chewy cookies. Cool on wire racks.

HEALTHY SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare egg substitute:.
• Combine ground flax seed and soy milk.
• Microwave about 1 minute.
• Remove from microwave and stir until mixture thickens to egg consistency.
• Cookies:.
• Cream together shortening and brown sugar.
• Stir in egg substitute and molasses.
• stir in dry ingredients and mix well.
• Cover and chill till firm (2 hours).
• Roll dough into small balls and coat with white sugar.
• Place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 9-10 minutes (soy flour makes cookies brown faster).
• Leave on sheet until set.

OATS WHOLE WHEAT MAPLE SYRUP MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
• cream the butter and egg until creamy.
• add maple syrup and molasses and vanilla extract and mix well.
• in another bowl, combine whole wheat flour, oats, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• Stir in the dry ingredient into the butter mixture and mix well (not too long, just stir until the flour can not be seen).
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
• remove from the oven and let them stay in the pan for 5 minutes then let cool on wire rack.
• store in airtight container.