Old-Fashioned Molasses Cookies
- Yield: 16 cookies
- Prep 20 mins
- Bake 30 mins
Ingredients
-
1/2
cup
butter, softened, or margarine
-
1/3
cup
packed brown sugar
-
1
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
-
1
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
-
1/4
teaspoon
salt
-
1/4
teaspoon
ground cloves
-
3/4
cup
molasses
-
2
eggs
-
3
cups
all-purpose flour
-
1
teaspoon
baking soda
-
1/2
cup
dairy sour cream
-
Powdered Sugar Icing (see recipe below)
Directions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cloves. Beat until combined, scraping bowl. Beat in molasses and eggs until combined.
- Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour. Stir baking soda into sour cream. Stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture (batter will be sticky).
- Use a 1/4 cup measure or scoop to drop mounds of dough about 4 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
- Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 9 to 12 minutes or until cookies spring back when touched lightly with your finger. Dont overbake. Cool on wire racks. Frost with icing. Makes 16 cookies.
Powdered Sugar Icing
Ingredients
- 1
cup
sifted powdered sugar
- 1
tablespoon
milk
- 1/2
teaspoon
vanilla
Directions
- In a mixing bowl, combine 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until the mixture is spreading consistency.
Nutrition Facts
(Old-Fashioned Molasses Cookies)
carb. (g) 37, sodium (mg) 186, cal. (kcal) 231, chol. (mg) 45, Fat, total (g) 8