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Molasses cookie with marshmallow center.
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Molasses Marshmallow Sandwiches

It’s just not the holidays without gingerbread or molasses cookies. These are sandwiched with homemade marshmallow fluff.
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time1 hour 15 minutes
Chill Time3 hours
Total Time5 hours 15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookies
Servings: 22

Ingredients

Molasses Cookies

  • 3/4 cup Crisco shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • course sugar

Marshmallow Fluff

  • 6 tbsp water
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Cookies

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the shortening and brown sugar until smooth. Add the egg and molasses and beat until fluffy.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt.
  • Combine the wet and dry ingredients until fully incorporated. Chill for 3 hours or overnight.
  • Heat oven to 350F degrees.
  • Shape the cookies into 1-inch balls. You should end up with 48 cookies.
  • Dip one side of each ball in the coarse sugar. Place the cookies sugar side up on a silpat-lined cookie sheet. Space them 2 inches apart.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes and cool on a wire rack.

Marshmallow Fluff

  • Put 3 tablespoons of water in the bowl of your stand mixer. Sprinkle the gelatin on top.
    cooking sugar to 240F degrees.
  • Combine 3/4 cup sugar, corn syrup and 3 tablespoons water in a saucepot. Heat over medium heat until it reaches 238 degrees.
  • Pour the syrup mixture into the stand mixer bowl over the gelatin.
    whipping marshmallow fluff.
  • Using the whisk attachment beat on high speed for 12 minutes. During the last 30 seconds, add the vanilla.
    marshmallow fluff on molasses cookies.

Assemble

  • Spoon about a tablespoon of marshmallow fluff on one molasses cookie. Top it with another cookie to make a sandwich, and roll the edges in course sugar.

Notes

The cookie recipe was originally from the Crisco website. 

Nutrition

Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 138mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Vitamin C: 0.004mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg