Sunday night I was happily plugging away on my beloved Macbook when disaster struck. It froze and when I tried to restart it, an ominous gray screen appeared followed by a flashing folder with a question mark. Panic ensued. I tried some of the troubleshooting tips Apple recommends, but nothing worked 🙁 The Macbook will be headed for repairs today and I have received hopeful information about a possible fix, so fingers crossed! For now, I’m fortunate we have an old computer so I can still update the blog. Apologies in advance if commenting is a bit spotty this week but hopefully I’ll be up and running again before long!
November is a unique TWD month in that we are free to post the recipes which have been selected in any order we want. This week I decided to make the sugar-topped molasses spice cookies, which were chosen by the fabulous Pamela of Cookies with Boys! Pamela’s blog is great – she makes a ton of delicious recipes from Cooking Light magazines so when I finally get around to flipping through my issues, I already have a sense of which recipes are worth trying.
The molasses spice cookies were a breeze to put together. The dough includes yummy ingredients like brown sugar and molasses and warm fall spices: cinnamon, allspice and ginger. After it is mixed, the dough is refrigerated for a bit. Before refrigerating it, I formed mine into a log so when it came time to bake the cookies, I could just cut slices and stuck them in the oven. The recipe instructed us to shape the dough into balls and roll them in sugar, but I simply took my slices from the log and sprinkled sugar on top. As a result, my cookies weren’t exactly circular (more oval) and definitely weren’t uniform in shape. My friend Kayte said molasses cookies are supposed to look “rustic” so I’m running with that 🙂
What they lacked in looks, these cookies more than made up for in flavor! They’re great – lots of molasses flavor and just a hint of spice. They’re a tad crisp at the outer edges but are otherwise soft and chewy. The cookies are perfect for this time of year so many thanks to Pamela for her selection! Pamela will post the recipe on her blog sometime this month (when she does I will update the link here). You can head over to the TWD site to see all of this month’s wonderful recipes!
Lemon Bars
Glazed Grapefruit Cake
Orange Sherbet
Meyer Lemon Pound Cake
Soft and chewy molasses cookies are one of Fall’s little pleasures! Your cookies look amazing. We loved this recipe – my molasses must be darker than yours because my cookies are very deep and dark. I baked mine exactly how you did. 3/4 of my dough is still in the freezer for a future cookie “need”! Good luck with the computer.
Oh these cookies look yummy. I hope your computer is fixed quickly. I don’t know what I would do without my mac. I have the dough for these cookies in the fridge. I’m just going to have to make them because they look so wonderful.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that you get your computer fixed! These cookies look so great – love them against the white background. I took the butter out this morning and will make these this afternoon! Might even post them sometime – now there’s a novel idea!
Your molasses cookies look just the way molasses cookies should look, comfortable and unique. 🙂 These were quite delicious!
What would we do without computers? Great pics. For some reason, you can’t see the sugar on my cookies.
So sad about your macbook, I wish it a speedy recovery! Every photo ever taken of my kids is on mine, and none of them are backed up – I think my husband has a new job this weekend… Your cookies look great, and your description of them has made me very excited to make them! I went with the crisp this week. I love a good molasses cookie, I’ll probably make these for next week.
The look chey and delicious. I hope your computer gets fixed soon!
these were really good, weren’t they. And really easy. Mine were deeply dark and delicious.
Yours look perfect.
Good luck with the computer. Can’t live without them these days – especially if you Tweet and Blog. Hope we don’t have time to miss you.
I love the photo of the inside of the cookie. You can see the chewy goodness. Well done!
My computer is having issues, too. Quite annoying.
But your cookies, MMMM! I can’t wait to make these. (I made the bundt cake–it’s delicious!)
And your other recent cookie posts and the way cute cupcakes–love it all!
Your cookies look wonderful. These are so wicked…I have to stop making them. Third batch is chilling as Matthew and his friends are begging for more. These are going to the swim meet as well this weekend for the hospitality room b/c if they don’t, I won’t be able to resist. I am happy to hear that you liked them as well since I was trying like crazy to get you to make them with us the other day when you preferred to rake leaves! Very industrious of you, btw. I’m posting the crisp next week, how about you?
too bad about your computer. 🙁
Your cookies do not lack in looks. They look yummy.
You are fabulous too, my friend! The cookies look terrific. I loved them and think I have a new favorite! Fingers crossed about your Macbook!
THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED TO MY MAC LAST WEEK! Please tell me that you were smarter than I was and you backed up your data on a regular basis… My hard drive is on its way to CA where I will spend an obscene amount of money to get back my photos etc. Seriously, I could buy a new laptop.
Anyway, those cookies look amazing. Fingers and everything else crossed on your hard drive.
Your cookies look delicious. I am making thesse next week and really looking forward to them.
Oh, I seriously hope your mac gets back in shape without issue. I’ve been in your shoes!
On to the cookies — they look so delicious! And Kayte’s right, they are supposed to be rustic! I’m excited to make these.
Great looking cookies, Tracey! These were so delicious I found myself wondering why I hadn’t made them before.
I like the idea of rolling the dough and slicing. I will have to try that next time.
Sorry about your computer- I hate it when that sort of stuff happens!
I’ve had way to many computer issues this year – so I know exactly how you feel.
I loved these cookies too – because the fall spices are my favorite!
The cookies look great, they sound like perfect fall cookie. I’m looking forward to trying them. Good luck with your computer; we went through that earlier this year, luckily we were able to get our photos back.
These look great! I definitely think a ‘rustic’ cookie looks more inviting. 🙂
oh my, what rustic little beauties these are!! 😉
Good luck with your computer–I hope it gets fixed quickly. These really are awesome cookies. Like Nancy, I used part dark molasses, so mine are darker than yours. I never seem to do well with slice & bake. I used my cookie scoop to portion my dough.
I totally love your simple pictures. It is my style! 😉
Love your cookies, I can’t wait to make these!
Lovely lovely lovely.
Sorry to hear of your computer troubles… That happened to my old MacBook, too, a few years ago. Your cookies look amazing, though! I think they sound so delicious!
rustic isn’t a bad thing 🙂 i loved these cookies
Love the flavor of the fall spices and these cookies did not disappoint. The slight crisp of the edges made them great for dunking. Thanks for sharing them!
Can’t get much better than these photos – they’re stunning. And I’m sure the cookies are too – mine drew rave reviews at work – a sign they are “make again” cookies! Glad you enjoyed them and keeping my fingers crossed that my macbook stays in tact! Nicely done!!!