Paleo Molasses Cookies
Last Updated on November 12, 2025 by Kayla Ruetten
These moist, sweet paleo molasses cookies have a rich flavor that will satisfy your cravings for Grandma’s old-fashioned cookies. Gluten, dairy, & sugar free, these cookies are loaded with protein, healthy fats, and are high in minerals. This recipe is very easy and quick to make and offers a great snack or nutrient-dense dessert option.
Blackstrap Molasses For Iron
I began making this recipe every week after experiencing a post-partum hemorrhage because I needed to re-build my iron and blood stores back quickly. Blackstrap molasses is a good, absorbable form of iron. It is a non-heme iron source, so I used it as a compliment to heme iron sources, such as red meat, eggs, chicken, and grass-fed liver capsules. The iron in blackstrap molasses (and any other forms of iron), are better absorbed when consumed with whole food vitamin C and not at the same time as dairy. Consuming chlorophyll can also help our bodies absorb iron more readily.
Blackstrap Molasses vs Regular Molasses
Molasses is made by boiling down sugar cane juice. Blackstrap molasses is boiled for a longer period of time. The longer boiling time extracts more nutrients and minerals, making blackstrap molasses “healthier” in this regard. It also has a more rich, yet bitter flavor than regular molasses which is sweeter and has a milder flavor.
Blackstrap Molasses Benefits
Blackstrap molasses has several other health benefits as well. It is a high mineral food, rich in potassium, magnesium, calcium, and B vitamins. Blackstrap molasses is also known to help relieve constipation (making it another great choice for pregnant and post-partum mamas to consume!) The sweet and rich flavor makes it a great addition to baked goods or stirred into healthy herbal tea. Beware that molasses does have a higher sugar content.
Baking Paleo Molasses Cookies
Paleo Molasses Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- 9×13 pan
- mixing bowl
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 4 pcs eggs
- 1.5 cups coconut flour
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (or raw honey)
- 1/2 cup backstrap molasses
- 1 cup coconut oil (or butter [or any healthy fat such as avocado oil, palm oil, ghee, duck fat, grass-fed lard])
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tspn ginger (optional)
Instructions
- Combine wet ingredients in mixing bowl, and whisk or blend until smooth.
- Add 1.5 cups coconut flour, cinnamon, and ginger to wet ingredients and mix until smooth.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on greased or parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Gently flatten dough balls until they form into cookie shape.
- Bake flattened balls at 350 degrees for about 8-12 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
- We enjoy this recipe with ginger and cloves for more of a “fall” flavor variation too.
- Press dough into a 9×13 pan and bake to save time.
- Use regular molasses instead of blackstrap molasses, if needed.
- For a strict paleo version, use any healthy, neutral fat rather than butter, such as coconut oil, avocado oil, palm oil, ghee, duck fat, grass-fed lard.
I hope you and your family enjoy this recipe as much as we do! Please let me know your feedback and favorite recipe variations in the comments.
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- backstrap molasses
- liver capsules
- Vitamin C
- chlorophyll
- coconut flour
- maple syrup
- raw honey
- coconut oil
- avocado oil
- palm oil
- ghee
- duck fat
- grass-fed lard
- real vanilla extract
- organic cinnamon
- ground ginger
- organic cloves
- stainless steel cookie sheets
- unbleached parchment paper
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Yum, I haven’t ever made Molasses cookies. I’ll have to give them a try. Thanks!
These cookies sound fantastic! Thanks for sharing this healthy recipe 🙂
Yumm, this sounds like a real molasses cookie! Love that you use blackstrap in this recipe, as I need more iron in my diet, and I will definitely want to try this with ginger and cloves! Delish!