Molasses cookies
On this page, we're sharing our most beloved French-Canadian, Acadian and Québécois dishes : classics from grand-maman. Here is a childhood dessert classic: molasses cookies, or “galettes a la mélasse”.
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Molasses Cookies
Recipe courtesy of Grand-maman Lachapelle and her mother Alexandrina Brodeur. Alexandrina was born on 8 Jun 1889 in St-Hugues de Bagot near St-Hyacinthe, Québec. She married Guillaume Lachapelle on 20 Apr 1910 in Ste-Hélène-de-Bagot. They had 10 children, only 4 of whom lived to adulthood. She was widowed at only 37 years old and never remarried. She worked very hard as a housewife, mainly in the presbyteries.
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Ingredients:
6 cups flour
1 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
2 tsp powdered ginger
2 tsp powdered cinnamon
1 ½ cups raisins
1 ½ cups butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
3 tsp baking soda
1 ½ cups molasses
1 ½ cups plain yogurt or sour cream
Alexandrina Brodeur, creator of this recipe
In a bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon and raisins.
In another bowl, cream the margarine (or butter), brown sugar and eggs. Mix the baking soda with the molasses, then add it to the butter mixture. Stir in the dry ingredients from the first bowl, as well as the yogurt.
Let the dough rest for 12 hours in the fridge.
The next day, form the dough into balls of about 3 cm in diameter and place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350°F for about 15 minutes.