The smell of these baking always takes me back to my grandma's house!
Course: Cookies
Keyword: Ginger Gems, Holiday Favorites, Spicy Cookies
Ingredients
½cupsugar
¼cupbuttersoftened
1largeeggwell beaten
½cupmolasses
2cupsall-purpose flour
½tspground cloves
½tspground cinnamon
½tspsalt
1tspground ginger
½tspnutmeg
1tspsoda
½cuphot water
Instructions
Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg and molasses and mix well. Sift dry ingredients together and stir into molasses mixture alternately with hot water mixed with soda.
Chill dough thoroughly. Drop by teaspoonful 2-inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 400°F for 8 minutes. Cool for a few minutes and then frost.
FROSTING
Mix until thick and smooth: ½ cup powdered sugar, ½ tsp vanilla, 2-3 tsp hot milk or coffee.