Molasses kicks asses

The boy's mom has a tendency to give us food things and one of the things she gave us recently was a bottle of blackstrap molasses. I am not a molasses devotee by any standard, but I like it to some degree. I stashed the bottle and decided to eventually find a recipe for it. The molasses sat accusingly, glaring at me with its sticky darkness, willing me to use it in something. Its day would come and it would be a boon to this website as well as all those who partook of its greatness.

One of my favorite sites is a food and drink lovers' paradise. It is called Chow and I love perusing their articles and recipes. I was looking through for new dinner ideas because we have a tendency to have the same things over and over again until I can barely tolerate them. Naturally I ended up looking at the desserts section. Lo and behold, I find a cookie recipe that uses molasses. They do not call for blackstrap per se, but it will work. Super-Sized Ginger Chewies it is.

When I finally had time to make the cookies, I decided against making them "super-sized" because I do not have a super-sized disher.* Heaven forbid I actually use spoons to portion out the dough. Ever since I started using dishers for cookies, I eschew anything else. They are so fast and precise. Cookies are all the same size and therefore they cook evenly and at the same rate. The recipe does not make very many cookies, only about 18 even with my less than super scooping. The next time I used the recipe I doubled it and it worked beautifully. I was now the proud owner of 3 and a half dozen cookies. Very shortly I was down by two who had been gleefully inhaled by yours truly.

The surviving cookies made their way to work where they were scooped up and well received. The boy adores them and I am a big fan. I will probably try making them with non-blackstrap molasses at some point. The taste is very pronounced which may turn off some people.


*A disher are often called cookie scoops, like so. The one I use for almost all my cookies is a 40, or 1 1/2 Tbsp. I also have a 60, and they completely rule.