betty

Source: Cousin Kristina via Betty Crocker’s Best Cookies

Note: Butter-flavored shortening is an ingredient that may repulse you. The thought of it repulsed me until I tried it and made very tasty cookies with it. You can read more of the backstory above. These can be made with butter or shortening—whatever you like best.

Molasses Crinkles

butter, softened,

brown sugar (packed)

molasses

(260 g) all-purpose flour

baking soda

table salt

cloves

cinnamon

ginger

sugar

Mix butter or shortening, sugar, egg and molasses thoroughly using a stand mixer. Sift or whisk all of the dry ingredients together. Add dry ingredients to wet and stir until combined. Chill for at least three hours.

Heat oven to 350ºF. Roll dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. (I portion my dough into 7/8-oz (28g) balls using my digital scale.) Dip balls in sugar and place sugared side up on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely on sheet pan before eating.

I just made a batch of these cookies. The ingredient list here is the same as the recipe I used but the difference was in the method executed. My procedure was to melt the butter, add sugar and egg, mix well by hand with a wooden spoon. Add dry ingredients. The rest is the same. They are amazing. Easy to put together and very easy to eat!!  No margarine, no shortening...just good butter. Never enough butter.

I have been making these since the 1970's and our youngest daughter loves them.  She is now 48!  ha.  They are the PERFECT Christmas cookie!  Thank you for bringing back great memories!

Well, well.... these are just 'the bomb' :-D My husband loves them and, he is the ultimate spice cookie monster! Weighed and portioned as recommended. Chilled for 3.5 hours then baked a test sheet - wonderful! Will bake the rest tomorrow and compare the difference with the extra chilling time. Oh - we used all butter and added 1/2 tsp of white pepper for a bit more bang. Definitely a keeper. Thank you!

Apple Betty

apples peeled, cored, and sliced*

lemon juice

all-purpose flour

brown sugar

white sugar

nutmeg

salt

(1 stick) cold butter

Directions:Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray the bottom of a 9 inch baking pan or pie plate with nonstick baking spray.Toss apples with lemon juice and place in the bottom of a the pan.In a food processor combine flour, sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt and pulse several times to combine. No food processor? Use a pastry blender. Drop in butter in,  1 tablespoon at a time pulsing between each tablespoon or until butter is fully incorporated.Place a third of the apples in the baking dish, and top with crumb mixture. Repeat ending with the crumb mixture.  Bake for 40-45 minutes or until browned. Serve warm with ice cream.* Any firm apple can be used. Do not slice the apples too thin or they will turn to mush!

Top 2 betty recipes from across the web

The most viewed betty recipes by Recipe Cart users, saved from over 20,000 sites. Or, go to our Recipe Search Engine

Top Tags

Molasses Crinkles

Apple Betty

Top 2 betty recipes from across the web

The most viewed betty recipes by Recipe Cart users, saved from over 20,000 sites. Or, go to our Recipe Search Engineic_arrow_forward_48px

Top Tags

Molasses Crinkles

Apple Betty

The most viewed betty recipes by Recipe Cart users, saved from over 20,000 sites. Or, go to our Recipe Search Engine