It's Me, ChristyB Lifestyle blog of a middle-aged mom of two

In college, the best days were when a box arrived in the mail from my grandma. Packed inside was a recycled cookie tin filled with the perfect soft and chewy homemade molasses cookies. To this day, their scent reminds me of the days sitting at my dorm room desk doing hours of homework while eating those cookies. Molasses cookies and Pepsi were single-handedly the reason for my freshman 20 weight gain. But it was oh so worth it. This past weekend the urge hit to make those delicious cookies. They are pretty much a fall must. The recipe calls for real butter but I use margarine because I like my cookies flat. It gives them the perfect chewy texture that I remember from grandma’s cookies. Thankfully, I no longer drink Pepsi and I limit myself to just one batch of molasses cookies about twice a year to avoid adding...