NEW YORK CITY in the early ‘80s was a very dangerous place. My first apartment was cater-corner to the Silver Palate, and within 23 months of moving in I had switched careers. Proximity to that ...

A reader email asked: "How do I get a nice fluffy, cracked top molasses cookie?" Frustrated with molasses cookies that "come out very flat" even after adding a teaspoon of baking powder to the recipe, ...

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 ...

Fall has me hankering for all things warm, aromatic and spiced. The cozy nights and even cozier cool mornings always make me salivate for mugs of chai or pumpkin spice and flavors like cinnamon, ...

While nothing beats visiting a Disney park in person, this year we learned that capturing some of that Disney magic at home is a pretty great substitute. Things like sharing the Magic Kingdom’s ...

Nancy Corrigan of Baltimore was looking for the recipe for molasses sugar cookies that was on the Brer Rabbit Molasses jar. She had it for many years but lost it in a move, and she wants to make the ...

I have never built a gingerbread house. My first and only encounter with gingerbread was as a kid when a piece almost cut the roof of my mouth, and disintegrated into plaster-like crumbs afterward.

Make us a Preferred Source on Google to see more of us when you search. Beat butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses, sour cream, ginger and salt. Combine the baking soda ...

Molasses Spritz Cookies bring all the warm spice and flavor of classic molasses cookies but in a fun pressed-cookie style for the holiday season. The dough presses easily into shapes, bakes up soft, ...

Instructions: Melt shortening in saucepan; let cool. Add 1 cup sugar, molasses and egg, and beat well. Sift together flour, soda, cloves, ginger, cinnamon and salt. Add to the molasses mixture. Mix ...

Note: Over the years, several Culinary SOS readers have requested recipes for soft molasses cookies; one specified the kind sold off the Helm’s Bakery trucks that used to roam the Southland. This is ...