This Moravian Cookies Recipe is one of the most popular that RealFoodTraveler.com has ever run! It’s part of a wonderful article called “Old Salem Moravian Cookies Recipe and The Moravian Cookie Trail,” written by Suzanne Corbett, our Food History Editor. I encourage you to read the full article about the history of the cookie and the wonderful ways to experience it. But for the sake of convenience, since so many of our readers gravitate toward the recipe in Suzanne’s article, we’ve also placed it here, on its own, in our Recipe section. Happy baking!

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Moravian Cookies Recipe

Moravian cookies are iconic during the holidays. Made using molasses, allspice, clove and ginger, they have been a popular yuletide treat for more than 100 years. This Moravian cookie recipe from the 1955 edition of North Carolina and Old Salem Cookery.

Ingredients:

¾ cup EACH butter and lard
¾ cup brown sugar
2 cups dark molasses
7 ½ cups flour
4 TBS cloves
4 TBS ground cinnamon
4 TBS ground ginger
1 tsp salt
1 TBS baking soda
¼ cup boiling water

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl cream butter and lard with sugar until fluffy.

2. Mix in molasses. Combine flour with spices and salt and mix into molasses mixture.

3. Mix together baking soda with water; then add to batter. Mix dough together with hand. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

4. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface until it reaches “infinite” thinness.

5. Cut into shapes, place on a greased baking sheet.

6. Bake at 375 degrees until “just” brown – about five minutes.

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-Story by Courtney Drake-McDonough, Publisher & Managing Editor at RealFoodTraveler.com