makes 4 dozen
I make these for Xmas. I like them a whole lot better than gingerbread.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup shortening or butter
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp each, nutmeg, ground cloves, & cinnamon
- Vanilla butter frosting (recipe follows)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400°F
Cream sugar, shortening, egg, molasses & water together in a mixer. Stir in the rest. Drop by round teaspoons 2” apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until almost no indentation remains when touched, about 8 minutes. Cool. Frost.
Vanilla Butter Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tbl. milk
Beat all ingredients together.