Google knows nothing about lassy mogs. Hopefully this entry will fix that.
In an earlier era in Atlantic Canada, the “lassy mog” was a classic home-baked treat. Its charming name is derived from the local dialect for the region’s widely used sweetener, molasses (“lassy”) and a small, low-rising cake (“mog”).
So there you go. I’m surprised I didn’t hear anything about them when I lived in Newfoundland, but they’re pretty good cookies.
Update: Recipe found. See below.
Update update: That isn’t actually the recipe. The closest thing we’ve found is hermit cookies. Also, creating accounts here is pretty freaking easy.. what’s with all the anonymous posts?
Lassy Mogs.
I am trying to find a Lassy Mog recipie. I lived in NB for a lot of years and likewise never heard of them. Now that I actually own a stove, i would like to try baking these mythical ‘small low rising cakes’. Please send to s_mairi@yahoo.com if you have anything.
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Sorry, I don’t have a recipe. I’m going home at Christmas and I’ll ask around, check recipe books, etc.
I got the cookies at Maxi, the worst supermarket in the world. It is part of the Loblaws chain, so any Loblaws-type supermarket should have them. But as for making them yourself, I can’t help you (yet :).
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Oh yeah, Loblaws is Canadian so the rest of the world is probably out of luck :(
Loblaws now a page on them here.
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I bought some of these cookies yesterday. They’re made by President’s Choice (another Canadian thing), and for two dollars I figured it wouldn’t be a great loss if they turned out to be not very tasty.
Now I really need to find this recipe. Maybe if we all started emailing/mailing PC that they’d give in and send us a similar recipe. :>
PLEASE post Lassy Mogs recipe!!! Please!
Would be ecstatic if you could be the first person in the entire Internet to make the Lassy Mog recipe available to the world. Thank you!!
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Hi, I too have been conducting a search for Lassy Mogs. Now I found a recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate chip cookies, and if you use your imagination and are not afraid of modifying a recipe, I figure this might come close to a Lassy Mog. President’s Choice don’t have the oatmeal in them, but I think it would give them substance. So here’s the recipe with my modifications in brackets. Let me know how you make out.
CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES
(MODIFIED TO CREATE A LASSY MOG COOKIE)
1 c. butter
1/4 c. peanut butter (substitute with Molasses for Lassy Mogs)
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar (1/2 tsp. Cinnamon)
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Cream these ingredients together and add the following ingredients.
1 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. oatmeal
1 1/2 c. mini chocolate chips (substitute with raisins and add one cup chopped pecans)
Mix well. Drop by teaspoonsful on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly brown. Makes 4 to 5 dozen.
Ditto!
As a college student who just discovered lassy mogs, I’m very excited by the possibility of a new favourite recipe! Can’t wait to hear it, thanks.
I too am looking for a Lassy mogs recipe. I love to bake and thought these would be fun and different. Let me know if anyone comes across a recipe. I suppose someone out there must have one. Superstore had to find it somewhere….
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http://www.wordplay.com/cuisine/
“mog”?
I asked around in Newfoundland and nobody had heard of a “lassy mog”, except a few people who had seen them at Dominion (Newfoundland Loblaws-owned chain). My parents mentioned Mog the cat from a childrens’ book. Mog the cat appears to be the largest feline in the world:
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Me fodder’s a townie from Mundy Pond in St Johns. Me mudder is a bayman from Grand Bank. I grew up in Labardor.
Lassy Mogs are absolutly a Newfie cookie – I’ve got 3 or 4 newfie cookbooks here myself, and lassy mogs are in every one of them. I grew up with them, everybody I knew grew up with them.
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Would you mind posting one of these recipes?
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If you read the wording on the P.C. Lassy Mog bag, it tells you where they supposedly originated. It’s either Newfoundland or Scotland, but they definitely mention it on the bag, which I’ve just thrown out.
Look for posting of a recipe that I am modifying in an attempt to create a lassy mog type cookie.
SMH, Mississauga, ON
Lassy Mog Recipe
I am a pastry arts student and my friend and I were discussing the Lassy mog. As someone who tries to eliminate trans-fats from his diet, I won’t touch the PC brand so, in my quest to try the Lassy Mog, I will be developing a recipe… Will keep everyone here posted (if anyone is still interested!).
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It’s the first entry here, posted above a few months ago by an anonymous user.
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No, that’s not it. Lassy Mogs are a cookie. The first entry on the page you refer to is a cake.
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You’re right. I didn’t actually read the recipe that closely.
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Here’s the lassy mog recipe I developed as I said in my first post. My friend who’s tried the Lassy Mog from PC said that it probably needs a bit more spice, so I’m going to up the spices a bit next time. Let me know if anyone tries it out!
Lassy Mog Recipe
Ingredients
½ cup butter
½ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup molasses
1 egg
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp cloves
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
2 cups flour
1/3 cups chopped dates
1/3 cups raisins
2/3 cups pecan pieces
Starting with slightly cold butter, cream together butter with sugar. Mix in the molasses and then the egg. Sift together the dry ingredients and mix into the butter mixture in two parts, mixing until flour just incorporated. Stir in dates, raisins and pecans just until incorporated.
Place the dough into the fridge and preheat oven to 350°F. While waiting for oven to pre-heat, line two cookie sheets. Once the oven has pre-heated, scoop out dough with an ice cream scoop and press down slightly with a flat bottomed glass, slightly moistened.
Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes one sheet at a time. Cookies will be slightly underdone. Cool completely on baking sheets.
Yields: 24 cookies
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Hello and thank you for the Lassy Mog recipe! I tried it today and they are great! As you suggested, I did re-work the spices a little. I used 1 and 1/2 tsps cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon cloves… that was all, no nutmeg though. It seems to be a close match to the PC brand, but better because you know exactly what’s in ’em!
Thanks so much, the recipe’s definitely a keeper.
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Thanks…glad you liked the recipe. It’s definitely nice to know what goes into the food you eat! One of the reasons I like baking on my own is that I can eliminate the shortening from store bought cookies!!
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Thank you
i was so happy to see your recipie. have tried the PC ones and love them but wanted to make my own. just wanted to let you know your efforts are appreciated!made my day!
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I made these and likes them a lot, I think I would maybe like them with less molasses, I think it’s a bit strong and maybe a little more cinnamon and sugar.. but a really good cookie.
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That’s probably right on.
I think if you substitute molasses for blackstrap molasses you might find that you don’t need any more spice. The flavour you want is right there.
Awesome recipe! Thanks.
lassy mogs
I too am looking for the recipie for lassy mogs and the closest i’ve come is Hermit cookies made with molasass.
the recipie can be found on allrecipes.com Hermits ll.
hope this helps
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I agree. I think Lassie Mogs (which I just discovered form President’s Choice here in Westmount) are a version of Hermit cookies which my dad used to make. Recipes for these can be found in many cookbooks including the old bible of The Joy of Cooking.
Lassy Mogs (Cookies)
For more info on the origin of Lassy Mogs, go to http://www.billcasselman.com/canadian_food_words/cfw_two.htm
Scroll down and you will find Lassy Mogs and it mentions the wording on the President’s Choice cookie bag and why the cookie is called a mog which pertains to molasses.
You’ll discover like I did that the molasses where used instead of sugar, so that modified recipe I posted earlier, might not work as it calls for sugar, so maybe just reduce the amount of sugar and use only brown sugar and omit the white. Play with it, it’s amazing what you’ll come up with.
SMH, Mississauga, ON
lassy mogs
Isn’t it a shame that no one can find a recipe for these delicious Canadian cookies or even find many people that are familiar with them. It has been left to a chainstore to draw an interest, and for some, a revival in it!!
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Here is a recipe I found when doing a search for molasses and mog, since that is what the cakes are called.
Lassy Mog Recipe
Ingredients
½ cup butter
½ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup molasses
1 egg
1½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp cloves
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
2 cups flour
1/3 cups chopped dates
1/3 cups raisins
2/3 cups pecan pieces
Starting with slightly cold butter, cream together butter with sugar. Mix in the molasses and then the egg. Sift together the dry ingredients and mix into the butter mixture in two parts, mixing until flour just incorporated. Stir in dates, raisins and pecans just until incorporated.
Place the dough into the fridge and preheat oven to 350°F. While waiting for oven to pre-heat, line two cookie sheets. Once the oven has pre-heated, scoop out dough with an ice cream scoop and press down slightly with a flat bottomed glass, slightly moistened.
Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes one sheet at a time. Cookies will be slightly underdone. Cool completely on baking sheets.
Yields: 24 cookies
It was found at: http://www.peter-krismer.victoria.bc.ca/~pkrismer/pkcal/cal_day.php?op=day&date=2005-03-08&catview=0&wcal4ulogin=690740044d10d1e9d05ab6154fdeb828
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