Frosted Molasses Cookies

Submitted by wife2abadge

"This was one of my favorite cookies growing up and now it's one of my daughter's favs. A nice moist cookie that tastes fantastic with butter/confectioner's sugar frosting."

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 48 cookies
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2⁄3 cup light molasses
• 3⁄4 cup sour milk
• 4 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ginger

directions

1. Cream shortening and brown sugar.
2. Stir in eggs and molasses.
3. Stir together the flour and spices in a separate bowl.
4. Add the milk alternately with flour mixture until blended, but don't overmix.
5. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheet.
6. Bake at 350 degrees 10-12 minutes.
7. Cool and frost with buttercream frosting.

Reviews

[LB in Middle Georgia]

YUMMY, These are not typical cookies these are Cake Cookies. I made these late one evening was too lazy to make the frosting that night, so I only made one sheet of these cookies and put the rest in the frig, for the following evening when I made the frosting. These cookies absolutely need the frosting not because the cookies are not good without the frosting; it is just that much better with the frosting probably because they are a cake cookie. Only thing I did different was used black strap molasses, we love molasses if you do not use the light molasses. Loved these cookies. Thanks for posting.