- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup pear puree (from about 2 ripe USA Pears, such as Red or Green Bartlett, diced and
- pureed in a blender until smooth)
- ¼ cup molasses
- 2 ¼ cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- granulated sugar, for rolling
In a large bowl, combine melted butter and brown sugar and whisk to combine. Add egg, one cup of the pear puree, and molasses and whisk again until smooth. In a second bowl, combine the flour, spices, baking powder, and salt, and stir to mix. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until the mixture comes together to form a soft dough. Refrigerate the dough until firm, at least one hour.
When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a small bowl of granulated sugar for rolling the cookies. Roll the chilled dough into 1 ½ inch balls and roll in the granulated sugar, placing the cookies onto greased baking sheets as you go. Lastly, flatten the cookies slightly with the bottom of a drinking glass that has been dipped in the remaining sugar to prevent sticking. Bake the cookies for 11-13 minutes, rotating once during cooking. Allow to cool before removing from pans.
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 210
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Protein: 4g
These were terrible. I literally had to throw them all out. Of course I had doubled the recipe as I had lots of pears. The only thing that I didn’t add was the salt ( didn’t realize I had used unsalted butter. I did use half regular flour- I think they would have been even worse if I had used all whole wheat. Did not look flat like picture- were cake like and had to be cooked about twice as long as called for. Needed to be sweeter. Anyhow, will definitely not make these again. I do not recommend.
Good recipe. Tasted great.
Pretty tasty, but the texture is very cakey, and it really needs to bake longer than the recipe states, or the cookies will be gooey inside.
Awesome 😎