In mid-November, JT had surgery on his right hand to help correct carpal tunnel syndrome and I was worried we were going get dumped on with snow so we asked the teenaged boys across the way to help with the shovelling and they were very happy to oblige. They were out there in PJs, jackets and boots at 7:30 most mornings it snowed, which is more than I was willing to do. Their mom wouldn’t let me negotiate payment for their troubles so I baked cookies for them instead. These were one set that made the rounds. JT has totally healed but they still insist on helping out, so I keep baking.

These are more complex than traditional ginger snaps.
Lauren’s Spice Cookies
Makes about 42 cookies
Ingredients
- 180 mL vegetable oil
- 60 mL dark molasses
- 200 g sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 365 g all-purpose flour
- 10 g baking soda
- 12 g cinnamon
- 10 g tablespoons ground ginger
- 10 g ground cloves
- 3 g ground mace
- 150 g Skor bits
- 1/3 cup sanding sugar
Directions:
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together the oil, molasses, sugar, and the eggs until the mixture is smooth.
- In another bowl sift together the flour, the baking soda, the cinnamon, the ginger, the cloves, and the mace and then add the mixture to the molasses mixture.
- Beat the mixture until it is well combined, fold in the Skor bits. Chill the dough, covered, overnight.
- Form the dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and roll the balls in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar to coat them well.
- Bake the balls 3 inches apart on buttered baking sheets in the middle of a preheated 350° F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the tops crack. Transfer the cookies to racks and let them cool.

If you don’t bake them too long, they remain chewy.
What great kids and parents! And I bet they absolutely loved these cookies. Nothing like home baked cookies. Store bought just pales in comparison. I love that this has Skor bits in it!
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Ahh. The story of those teens is as sweet as these treats! GREG
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Loved your oil based recipe. Cookies look so good to try!
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Thank you, welcome to my blog. Hope to see you again.
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Sure Eva, we will be in touch 😊
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Nice one Eva, I love those cookies!
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What a beautiful, old-fashioned classic! I’ll shovel snow for those!
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Such nice boys. Great looking cookies.
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What nice neighbor boys!! I would shovel for these cookies—especially with Skor bits!!! So yummy.
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Really nice neighbourhood, Eva.
Those spiced cookies are absolutely perfect. I really love that soft chewy center with crisp edges. What are the Skor bits?
Angie
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Hi Angie, Skor is a crisp caramel bar covered in chocolate; there were so many recipes that called to chop said bar into little bits to add them to cookie dough, cakes or bars etc, that the company started making the bar into bits and selling them like chocolate chips in the baking aisle of grocery stores.
Thank you for your kind words.
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