There’s nothing quite like biting into a soft, chewy molasses spice cookie, all warm with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. But what if you were to take that classic comfort and give it a little twist? Picture all that cozy spice, but with the buttery chew of an oatmeal cookie and sweet golden raisins tucked into every bite. It’s like your favorite oatmeal raisin cookie and your go-to molasses spice cookie decided to team up and become the ultimate cookie duo. It’s the familiar comfort you crave, elevated into something entirely new and utterly addictive. If you love oatmeal raisin cookies, prepare to fall in love all over again.
Out of all this week’s Molasses Spice Cookies recipes, this lil’ number right here might just be my favorite. Granted, I am one of those people who doesn’t find raisins to be one of the most hideous ingredients ever to grace the earth. Especially when we’re talking about golden raisins. Growing up in Cumberland, Maryland, my Grandma Delawder’s raisin cookies were the stuff of legend in our family. And honestly, it wasn’t just about the act of eating the cookies themselves. It was about having her send you out onto the porch or balcony to grab a few of them, put them on a plate, and bring them back inside for everyone to enjoy. You see, my grandma would send us kids out onto the porch or balcony to fetch a few from her big old cookie tin, where she kept them stashed outside so they’d stay nice and cold. To my family, there was nothing better than an almost ice-cold raisin cookie, and I have yet to find another raisin cookie in this world that can even compare to the ones she made throughout my childhood. But honestly, y’all, these buttery oatmeal raisin cookies come pretty dang stinkin’ close. After quick-cooking oats and golden raisins are combined with melted butter in a skillet for a few minutes, they are folded into a Soft & Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies dough to create a buttery, raisin-studded heaven-on-earth. I imagine that these lil’ lovelies would have been grandma-approved, and that maybe she would have even made room for them in her family-famous outdoor cookie tin.
Ingredients:
Cookie Dough:
- 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
- 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/4 Cup Molasses
- 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Ground Ginger
- 1/2 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- Pinch of Ground Cloves
- Pinch of Freshly Grated Nutmeg
Cookie Add-Ins & Add-Ons:
- 2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
- 1/2 Cup Quick-Cooking Oats
- 1/2 Cup Golden Raisins
- 1/4 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Directions:
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. When the butter is melted, add the oatmeal, salt, and cinnamon. Stir constantly for 3 minutes.
- Transfer the oatmeal mixture to a large plate; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Add the egg, vanilla, and molasses; mix for 1 minute on medium speed.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Add a third of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low until just incorporated. Repeat until all of the dry ingredients are just incorporated into the dough. Do not overmix. Gently fold the cooled buttery oatmeal mixture into the cookie dough.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop the dough out onto a Silpat or parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to rest for 5 minutes before removing them to a baking rack to finish cooling completely.
Suggestions:
- When mixing the cookie dough, make sure to scrape down the bowl as needed to make sure that all of the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.
- You can use either golden raisins or traditional raisins for this recipe. I prefer golden raisins.
- After you remove the cookies from the oven, gently use your fingers to press little indentations down into the top of each cookie. Gently pressing indentations into the tops of the cookies after you remove them from the oven helps to give them a bumpy and more desirable appearance.
- This recipe will yield approximately 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
- Store the baked cookies in an airtight container between layers of wax paper.
Improvements:
- If you aren’t a fan of ground cloves or nutmeg, feel free to make these a ground ginger and/or a ground cinnamon cookie only. Simply omit the ground cloves and freshly grated nutmeg.
- Sprinkle a little bit of fleur de sel or flaky sea salt over the cookies before baking them.
- For an extra pop of ginger flavor, add finely chopped candied ginger to the cookie dough.
- Replace the raisins with dried sweetened cranberries or cherries.
- CLICK HERE to check out all of our past cookie recipes. Don’t forget to check out our Christmas cookies section.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
- 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/4 Cup Molasses
- 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Ground Ginger
- 1/2 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- Pinch of Ground Cloves
- Pinch of Freshly Grated Nutmeg
- 2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
- 1/2 Cup Quick-Cooking Oats
- 1/2 Cup Golden Raisins
- 1/4 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Directions:
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. When the butter is melted, add the oatmeal, salt, and cinnamon. Stir constantly for 3 minutes.
- Transfer the oatmeal mixture to a large plate; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Add the egg, vanilla, and molasses; mix for 1 minute on medium speed.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Add a third of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low until just incorporated. Repeat until all of the dry ingredients are just incorporated into the dough. Do not overmix. Gently fold the cooled buttery oatmeal mixture into the cookie dough.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop the dough out onto a Silpat or parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to rest for 5 minutes before removing them to a baking rack to finish cooling completely.
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This will be the 9th year Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck has participated in this particular Christmas Cookies Week event. Below you can find links to all of the recipes we have contributed throughout the years; however, you can also CLICK HERE to find an entire list of our past cookie recipes. Don’t be afraid to let a non-traditional cookie recipe play a role in your holiday baking this year because when it comes to Christmas cookies, variety is always a good thing. Happy baking, y’all.
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Soft & Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies
Chocolate Chip Molasses Spice Cookies
Buttery Oatmeal Raisin Molasses Spice Cookies
OREO Cookies & Cream Molasses Spice Cookies
Reindeer Cocoa Iced Molasses Spice Cookies
2024
Red & White Sparkling Brown Sugar Cookies
Honey Roasted Peanut Chocolate Kiss Cookies
Coconut & Dried Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Frosted Jammy Bits Cookies
Cornmeal Dried Cranberry Brown Sugar Cookies
2023
Ginger’s Cherry Chocolate Chip Sprinkle Cookies
Sparkling Sugar Irish Butter Slice & Bake Cookies
White Chocolate Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
Orange Mixed Berry Glazed Thumbprint Cookies
Cinnamon Powdered Sugar Panko Cookies
2022
Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Toffee Cookies
Chocolate Fudge Brownie Oatmeal M&M Cookies
Lemon Iced Gingerbread Cookies
2021
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Grape Nuts
Cappuccino Swirl Butter Cookies
Dark Rum Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cocoa Powder Cookies
Old-Fashioned Jubilee Jumbles Cookies
2020
Cinnamon Chip Holiday Spice Cake Mix Cookies
Peppermint Cream Cheese Crushed Oreo Cookies
Cran-Raisin Oatmeal Cookies with Grape Nuts
Sadie’s Double Pecan Butter Cookies
2019
Cream Cheese Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies
Chocolate Hazelnut Winter Wonderland Cookies
Coconut Grinchy Christmas Breakfast Cookies
Soft Cinnamon Apple Pecan Cookies
Chocolate-Dipped Christmas Butter Cookies
2018
Chocolate Espresso Brown Sugar Cookies
White Christmas Peppermint Holiday Cookies
Chocolate Chip Vanilla Cookies
No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Cereal Cookies
Whoville Christmas Wreath Sugar Cookies
2017
Crystallized Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookies
Mexican Chocolate Chip Crinkle Cookies
Make sure to check out all of the other great Christmas Cookies Week 2025 recipes below. A huge thanks to Jolene’s Recipe Journal for hosting this event.
- Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars by Hezzi-D’s Recipe Box
- Penguin Nutter Butter Cookies by Blogghetti
- Holiday Sugar Cookie Cups by Jolene’s Recipe Journal
- Pistachio Cranberry Macaron by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
- Double Chocolate Orange Buckwheat Cookies (Redo) by Magical Ingredients
- Gluten Free Molasses Cookies by Art of Natural Living
- Christmas Cookie Brownies by The Spiffy Cookie
- Chocolate Cherry Bubbles by A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Buttery Oatmeal Raisin Molasses Spice Cookies by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
- Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Candy Cookies by Karen’s Kitchen Stories
