Molasses Cookies

Name: Molasses Cookies
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup Flour; 2 tsp Baking Soda; 2 tsp Cinnamon; 1 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger; 1 tsp Ground Cloves; 1 tsp Salt; 1/2 cup Shortening; 1/4 cup Butter, at room tempetature; 1 cup Brown Sugar, packed; 1 Egg; 1/4 cup Dark Molasses; 4 cup Ice Water; 1 cup Sugar

Village Girl @cook_3010620

Try doubling the recipe and doubling the cookie size for a big soft Christmas favorite! :cookie

Village Girl @cook_3010620

Try doubling the recipe and doubling the cookie size for a big soft Christmas favorite! :cookie

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Ingredients

24 servings

Dry Ingredients
2 cupFlour
2 tspBaking Soda
2 tspCinnamon
1 1/2 tspGround Ginger
1 tspGround Cloves
1 tspSalt
Wet Ingredients
1/2 cupShortening
1/4 cupButter, at room tempetature
1 cupBrown Sugar, packed
1Egg
1/4 cupDark Molasses
Topping
4 cupIce Water
1 cupSugar

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 350°f
2

Sift flour into medium sized bowl. Add the baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. Mix thoroughly.
3

In a large bowl, add the shortening, butter and brown sugar. Beat until fluffy.
4

Add the egg and dark molasses to the wet ingredients and mix just until combined.
5

Mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture.
6

Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
7

After 1 hour, remove dough from fridge. Put ice water into a small bowl. Put sugar on dinner plate.
8

Roll dough into balls (about golf ball size) and then quickly dip into the ice water, then roll the ball in the sugar. Place dough balls onto greased cookie sheet.
9

Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 20 minutes (until cookies are cracked on top, golden and soft).
10

Let cookies rest for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then move them to wire rack to cool.
11

Enjoy warm with a tall glass of milk!