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Gluten Free Molasses Cookies

Dec 14, 2011

If you follow me on Facebook than you know that I have been trying to make gluten free molasses cookies for months.

Molasses cookies are one of my husband’s favorite cookies and I knew I needed to get them right. And for some reason I have been really craving them, so I was really determined to figure them out.

I think these cookies might have created more disasters than any other gluten free recipe I have tried. It might have something to do with my stubbornness to adapt one of our old favorites to be gluten free.

Our old favorite was so good, that I had no desire to give any other recipe a try. My goal was to figure this specific recipe out.

And after about 6 disasters, I finally got it right.

I am so glad I did not give up on this recipe. It was worth all the disasters because what I came up with was very close to the original recipe that we loved so much.

These have a great molasses flavor with a hint of cinnamon and ginger. So good and so worth the wait!

 

Gluten Free Molasses Cookies

  • 1 ½ cups rice flour
  • ½ cup sweet rice flour
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • ¼ cup molasses
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a small bowl combine rice flours, cornstarch, xanthan gum, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
  3. In a bowl cream together butter and sugar. Until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and then add water and molasses.
  4. Gradually add dry ingredients.
  5. Drop onto cookie sheets using about 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie. Flatten slightly.
  6. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until done. Cool for several minutes and remove cookies to wire rack.

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  1. kim

    December 15, 2011 at 7:00 am

    What is sweet rice flour?

    Reply
    • Lynn

      December 15, 2011 at 7:46 pm

      This is a post I did on sweet rice flour. https://lynnskitchenadventures.com/lra/sweet-rice-flour/

      Reply
  2. Flora

    December 15, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    They look great. Are these soft or crisp cookies?

    Reply
    • Lynn

      December 15, 2011 at 7:45 pm

      These are softer, but you can cook them longer for a crisp cookie. We prefer them a little soft though.

      Reply
  3. Margo

    January 2, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    These are delicious! Hubby is gluten-free and loved them! I rolled them in sugar before baking them and it gives them a nice crispy outside with soft and chewy inside. Thanks for all your hard work in coming up with the perfect molasses cookie (or ginger snap, as we call them).

    Reply
    • Lynn

      January 2, 2012 at 4:47 pm

      Thanks! I am so glad you liked them. I will have to try rolling them in sugar. I have done that with other cookies, but not these and it sounds great.

      Reply
  4. Iris

    December 5, 2012 at 5:54 pm

    I LOVE molasses cookies. Adding these to the holiday cookie roundup I’m working on!

    Reply
  5. Dineen

    December 7, 2012 at 9:49 am

    These are delicious! As I was devouring them, I told my husband that these were better than the ones I made as a “kid” (13? 14?). The recipes I had made back then always tasted OK, but were never this good in texture. I got to thinking that AP wheat flour probably made the other recipes very prone to over mixing and developing the gluten too much, creating a tough cookie. The gluten free version is wonderful compared to any other gluten-full spice cookie I recall making.

    Reply
    • Lynn

      December 7, 2012 at 9:54 am

      I am so glad you enjoyed them! I love cookies and love making gluten free cookies that taste as good as the real thing, so I love hearing how much you enjoyed them. Thanks for letting me know. I will keep working on more and more gluten free cookies.

      Reply

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