Iced Molasses Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened (not melted)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 4 teaspoons light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. mix together butter and sugar, then beat in egg. add molasses, salt, cinnamon and ginger. gradually add in the flour. drop table-spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet, and bake 7-9 minutes.
• 2 icing: stir sugar and milk together until smooth, then add corn syrup and vanilla. if mixture is too thick, add more corn syrup until it is easily spreadable, but not too thin.
• 3 let cookies cool then frost.