Dino's coworkers have been begging me to make these cookies ever since I sent some to work with him last summer. Finally, I told him to tell them that if they wanted me to make them again, they'd have to get me a cookie scoop. No sooner had I said that than one was ordered, and a few days later, I got it with a look that said, "you realize I have to bring in cookies tomorrow now, right?". So I made them again, but this time it went faster, and the cookies spread out properly, and were all pretty much the same size. Thanks, guys! (Note: it says 30 cookies, but that's really about 15 since they're sandwich cookies)

📖 Recipe

Molasses Sandwich Cookies

Slightly Adapted from Everyday Food September 2006

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Servings: 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time 50

Total Time 1 30

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
1 large egg
¼ cup light unsulfured molasses

For the Creamy Molasses Filling:

12 tablespoons 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, softened
3 tablespoons light unsulfured molasses
2 cups powdered sugar

Method

Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat sugar and butter until combined. Beat in egg, then molasses, until smooth. On low speed, gradually add flour mixture until a dough forms.
Drop rounded measuring teaspoonfuls of dough onto two ungreased (or parchment-lined) baking sheets.
Bake until centers are dry to the touch, 12 to 15 minutes; rotate pans from top to bottom and front to back halfway through. Cool 1 minute on baking sheets; then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
For the filling, whisk 12 tablespoons softened unsalted butter with 3 tablespoons light unsulfured molasses until smooth. Gradually whisk in 2 cups powdered sugar until smooth and spreadable.
To assemble, spread a rounded measuring teaspoonful of filling on the flat side of a cookie; place another cookie on top, and gently press. Repeat until all cookies are filled.