Old Fashioned Iced Molasses Cookies..

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons crisco vegetable shortening
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup unsulphured molasses
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 to make the cookies:.
• 2 sift the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves into a medium bowl and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter, shortening, and sugar till blended -- about 1 minute.
• 4 stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of bowl as needed during mixing.
• 5 add the egg, molasses and sour cream and mix until blended and the color is an even light brown.about 1 minute.
• 6 (at first the mixture may look seperated and multicolored, but it will become evenly colored).
• 7 on low speed, add the flour mixture, mixing just until the flour is incorporated and a soft sticky dough forms.
• 8 cover the bowl and chill until the dough is firm enough to form into balls -- about 2 hours.
• 9 position a rack in the middle of the ovwn.
• 10 preheat the oven to 350* -- line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 11 for each cookie, use an ice cream scoop or measuring cup with 1/4 cup capacity to portion the dough, then roll each one between the palms of your hands into a ball.
• 12 place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet -- spacing them 3" apart.
• 13 bake until the tops feel firm but the centers still feel soft, there are small cracks on top and the bottoms are slightly browned -- about 18 minutes --
• 14 cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 15 to prepare the icing:.
• 16 in a small bowl, stir the powdered sugar and vanilla together with enough milk to form a thick frosting.use a small spoon to drizzle the icing over each cookie.
• 17 let the cookies sit at room temperature for up to 4 eays.