From the Recipe Creator: My family always requests these soft molasses cookies. These chewy cookies are also perfect for shipping as holiday gifts or to troops overseas. —Kristine Chayes, Smithtown, ...

19 years ago, Deb Perleman created Smitten Kitchen, the wildly popular recipe site. She wanted a place to share all of her cooking adventures from her tiny NY kitchen. Smitten Kitchen's Thick Molasses ...

Cutout Molasses Cookies are lightly spiced, easy to roll out, and great for making holiday shapes with cookie cutters or stamps. The dough holds its shape well, bakes up soft, and has that classic ...

Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and salt in a small bowl. Whisk egg, butter, sugar, molasses, brown sugar in a medium bowl. Add in dry ingredients just to combine. Place ...

Mirlitons are green, pear-shaped vegetables that go by many names and pronunciations. I grew up in New Orleans and have always heard them called “mer-leh-tawn.” My husband grew up in Lafayette and he ...