Molasses Sugar Cookies from: An Appetite for Murder
Easy rich cookies to make. Do not preheat the oven, the dough needs to chill.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- sugar for rolling dough
Instructions
- Melt butter over low heat.
- Cool, add sugar, molasses, and egg.
- Beat well.
- Sift together flour, soda, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, and salt, add to first mixture.
- Mix well and chill. I chose to chill overnight.
- Form the dough into 1-inch balls and roll them in sugar.
- Place on a greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.