Molasses Cookies
×Category: Desserts | Type: Cookies/Candy | Servings: 36 | By: RecipeGadget
By Bake With Love - FB - I came across my Moms famous molasses cookie recipe. Thought I would share it with you.
Ingredients
- Cookies:
- Vegetable Shortening: 1 Cup
- Granulated Sugar: 1 Cup
- Molasses (Grandma's Or): 3/4 Cup
- Cold Water: 1 Cup
- Flour: 4 Cup
- Baking Soda: 2 TSP
- Ginger (Ground): 1 TSP
- Table Salt: 1 TSP
- Vanilla Extract: 1 TSP
- Frosting:
- Powdered Sugar: 2 Cup
- Unsalted Butter (Softened): 1 Stick
- Vanilla Extract: 1 TSP
- Milk: 2 TBSP
Instructions
- Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix Crisco and sugar together.
- Add molasses, eggs, vanilla and water. Mix well.
- Combine dry ingredients and add to the creamy mixture. Mix well. Use a small ice cream scoop or a tablespoon and drop onto a cookie sheet or parchment paper.
- Bake for 9 minutes. Do not over bake. These are very soft cookies and they freeze Well! Cool and frost! I get 36 cookies from one batch.
- Frosting:
- Mix together and frost cookies when cooled.