These
cookies are warm and delicious on a cold winter's day. We cut them out with a pig cookie cutter and frost them with pink frosting - like the cookies in Little Women.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/8 cup butter, softened
- 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2
teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the molasses, brown sugar, water and butter until smooth.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, allspice, ginger, cloves and cinnamon, stir into the wet mixture until all of the dry is absorbed. Cover the dough and chill for at least 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out into desired shapes. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake
for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from the cookie
sheets to cool on wire racks.
- Frost and enjoy.
