Moravian cookies recipe

Thin and crispy Moravian Molasses cookies. Recipe slightly adapted from Martha Stewart's Christmas. Makes 7-8 dozen 2 1/2" cookies. (or more)

This cookie comes to us from North Carolina by way of Central Europe; it's a classic, peppery spice cookie brought to the U.S. by Moravians in the 1700s. The key to this cookie is rolling it super-thin to get that characteristic snap; it's a lot easier to roll it that thin between waxed paper. If you don't have the patience, go thicker, for chewy gingerbread-style cookies. Either way, these cookies would be fantastic on your holiday table.

Learn about the long and delicious history of the famous cookie of Winston-Salem, NC and get the recipe too for Moravian Cookies.

Thin and crispy Moravian Molasses cookies. Recipe slightly adapted from Martha Stewart's Christmas. Makes 7-8 dozen 2 1/2" cookies. (or more)

Can you believe it is December already? I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the Christmas Season. Earlier in November we took a day trip to Winston-Salem. I was super …

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Our Christmas celebration begins the day after Thanksgiving with the making of at least one dessert or treat to be served during the Christmas holidays. That first dessert is usually a cake that requires aging, but we've also been known to make cookies that fall into a category we call "keepers". A "keeper" in our parlance is a treat that will not stale before the official holiday begins. Moravian Spice Cookies fall into that category. When I was a…

These soft and chewy molasses cookies are a treat to have around! The warm spices of cloves, cinnamon and ginger pair so well with the sweet flavor of brown sugar and molasses.

With roots deep in Eastern Europe, these thin, crisp, spiced cookies have made a name for themselves in the United States. With roots deep in Eastern Europe, these thin, crisp, spiced cookies have made a name for themselves in the United States due to the Moravian Church settlements in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The trickiest part about this recipe is rolling the sticky dough incredibly thin. Instead of creaming soft butter, we use a food processor to add cold butter to the dry…

Moravian Christmas cut out cookie recipe from a vintage cookbook. Yummy cookies.