Categories: Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 cup molasses
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp. ground allspice
- 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- Royal Icing:
- 1 (16 oz.) pkg. powdered sugar
- 3 Tbsp. meringue powder
- 6 to 8 Tbsp. warm water
- White Sparkling sugar (optional)
Directions
- Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until fluffy.
- Stir together 1/4 cup water and soda until dissolved; stir in molasses.
- Combine flour and next 4 ingredients. Add to butter mixture alternately with molasses mixture beginning and ending with flour mixture. Shape mixture into a ball, cover and chill 1 hour.
- Roll to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut with a 71/2-inch snowflake cookie cutter. Place 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Cut out designs in snowflakes using 1/4 to 1/2-m inch cutters, and remove.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
- Spoon icing into a small heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag. Snip a tiny hole in one corner of bag; pipe around edges of cookies. Sprinkle icing with sugar, if desired.
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To make Royal Icing:
- eat all ingredients at low speed with a mixer until blended Beat at high speed 4 minutes or until stiff peaks form. If needed, add water 1/4 tsp. at a time, until desired consistency.
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makes about 3 cups
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makes 8 cookies