Indulgent Sourdough Molasses Cookies Recipe | Homemade Food Junkie

Jump to RecipeSoft and chewy Sourdough Molasses cookies are delectable. My family loves these flavorful molasses cookies. And they use up your sourdough discard.These cookies are perfect for the lunch boxand after school treats. They will hold up well and are not too messy.Molasses Cookies are chewy cookies that are soft in the center. These cookies use blackstrap molasses which gives them a rich and dark flavor profile. The addition of the sourdough discard helps the cookies puff up and maintain that chewy soft texture. These cookies are easy to make. We go over some tips and tricks in this post for making the best sourdough molasses cookies. Here are a few common questions we ran into about molasses cookies. What Does Adding Molasses to Cookies do?Molasses helps add moisture to cookies and will keep the texture of the cookies chewy. The molasses helps the proteins in the cookies spread evenly. Molasses is sometimes used as a substitute for sugar in baked goods. Molasses will make sof...