I have finally found a cookie that I make well and tastes great! Thank you, Karin! Unbelievable!!

I made these for a cookie exchange party. I needed seven dozen so I tripled the recipe and came out with 17 dozed, wow!!! But everyone LOVED these cookies. They are wonderful, time consuming due to the refrigeration process but really easy to put together, decorate, and bake! Thanks for the recipe.

THese turned out great! I used a course sugar to roll the balls in before baking. Kind of made them look sparkly. I crave these spicy cookies and could eat a batch myself!

Everybody loves these cookies. They are gone the first night. I roll them in green and red sugar during the holidays.

Fabulous!!! I made a couple of changes. I only had butter so made them with butter versus shortening. I also made a mistake and didn't allow the melted butter to cool. This made for VERY soft dough, so I had to add about 1/2 cup of flour. We rolled them in red and green sugar for Christmas. I big hit in my house.

I am so glad I tried this recipe! Moist and chewy, with the perfect amount of spice. The dough was so tasty; a large portion of it never got to see the inside of my oven. Delicious!

Used to make these for the Xmas goodies but now they are a staple at our house. I don't bother letting cool and they turn out nice and soft. Other then that I stay true to the recipe.

Excellent, crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. Perfect spicyness. Not a fan of using that much shortening, so I used 1 cup shortening, 1 stick of butter and it turned out sooo good. Once the shortening/egg mixture cools, it does get pretty stiff, so using an electric mixer with a dough hook is ideal or else you'll get a nice work out. I chilled my dough for only 2 hours and it was plenty. This dough crinkles beautifully and this recipe makes a lot of cookies. I used walnut sized dough balls and yielded a little over 3 dozen. I tested my oven with a thermometer to check the temperature accuracy, and it was. 375 degrees at exactly 9 minutes made soft, chewy cookies. Will be my master recipe from now on. Rivals the bakery ones - and so easy to make.

these are sooo yummy. the are very much like another recipe i had that i LOVED and now i can't find it. easy to make. nice and chewy. i put them immediately in an airtight container after they cooled so they would stay soft.

My husband asked for "soft ginger cookies" like his mom used to make for Christmas. While she was looking in her files, I found a ginger cookie recipe from this site that was very good: chewy, but very flat, and not exactly like the cookies my husband wanted. I finally got the recipe and made it...and now I find the recipe posted here! It is fabulous. The dough is very stiff, but it is very managable if using a stand mixer. The only difference was that my recipe didn't indicate that the dough should be chilled so I bake them right away. The dough was not at all sticky as I had feared, but rolled very easily into balls. I baked for 9 minutes, and they came out perfect with chewy centers, crispy edges, and a beautiful crackled top. They were very lofty just coming out of the oven, but did fall some as they cooled...but they still weren't as flat as the other recipe I tried. I used butter flavored shortening and have eaten entirely too many of them already!

I have made several recipes off this site, but never take time to rate them. This recipe turned out so awesome I just had to. I've been searching for a recipe as close to my husbands grandmothers as possible. He loved this one. I'll never make any other molasses cookie recipe again.

Really good!! I like that you can have your choice of a chewy or crunchy cookie depending on the cooking time. I have family members that like both so I do half and half when baking. Beware that this is a real stiff dough so either use dough hooks for the final mixing or do it by hand. My mixed burned out with it! lol I wanted a new one anyway. Family and friends all raved and will become part of the Christmas cookie tray year to year here.

I used this recipe for a cookie exchange and it was fantastic!!!!! I will definitely add this one to my list of Christmas cookies to bake!

These are a no-fail cookie that tastes great! I cut the recipe in half just because I didn't want too many cookies. Highly recommended!

These cookies have a lot of flavour. The only thing I did't care much about this cookie is that it turned out really flat after it baked. I prefer a thicker cookie. Other than that it was very tasty. My son loved them as well as my hubby. If I can't find another recipe that makes a thicker cookie I will continue to make this cookie, it tasted that good and I think I can get past the flatness of it. LOL.

Very lovely cookie with spicy flavor.

I love molasses sugar cookies and these are by far the best I have ever baked!! The Amish in our town make a mean molasses cookie but this recipe even goes beyone theirs!

I've used this recipe for years. The only thing I do different is that I sprinkle the tops of the balls with water right before baking and bake for a chewy texture, 8 - 10 minutes. This creates a crinkled cookie.

These cookies are very moist and chewy. 5 stars for sure

If you like molasses, you'll love this recipe -- definitely a keeper. My whole family loved it, and so have others who have tried it. This is a six star recipe.