Soft Molasses Cookies with Icing
Soft, thick and chewy molasses cookies, with or without icing (with a kiss of cream cheese!)
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups molasses
- ¾ cup hot water
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon clove
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 5 cups all purpose flour
Icing
- 2 ½ tablespoon soft butter softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup cream cheese (optional) softened, can sub 1 ½ tablespoon cream instead
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine together shortening, sugar, egg, molasses. Add water, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, salt, baking soda.
- Add flour and mix until evenly combined.
- Roll into 2 inch balls between the palms of your hands and place 3 inches apart on baking sheet.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes, until done and soft.
- Cool completely before icing.
Icing
- Soften butter and cream cheese completely, at least one hour until fully soft.
- Stir all ingredients together until smooth.
- Wait until cookies are cooled to ice.