Ginger Creams

Submitted by shortstuff

"These are a wonderful molasses cookie & the vanilla frosting is so smooth and creamy! They have been a family favorite for years!:-) Ooh, they freeze well too."

 

• Ready In: 28mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 1 batch
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• COOKIES

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup molasses
• 1⁄3 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon clove
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon

• FROSTING

• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 tablespoons milk (approx.)

directions

1. FOR COOKIES: Mix together sugar, water, molasses, shortening and egg.
2. Sift together remaining dry ingredients and add to molasses mixture.
3. Bake@ 400 for 8 minutes.
4. Cool~ Frost with Vanilla Frosting.
5. FOR FROSTING: Mix together sugar and butter; beat in vanilla and enough milk to make it smooth and of spreading consistency.

Reviews

[Joy1996]

The frosting on these molasses cookies makes them oustanding! I like molasses cookies anyway, and I absolutely loved these! They were soft and tender, and very easy to put together. Thanks for posting such a good recipe!

 

[mianbao]

This soft dough puffs up into beautiful cake-like cookies that taste like gingerbread. I scooped teaspoonfuls of the batter, spaced them on a greased baking sheet. One recipe yielded 65 one and a half inch cookies. I cut the frosting recipe in half because I didn't want so much. I was still able to frost all but about 10 cookies. Thank you very much for sharing this delightful recipe.

 

[jmelyn]

These are DELICIOUS! Made them for a work function--they baked up beautifully and tasted wonderful. Easy, easy recipe too. Thanks!