Kas's Molasses Cookies
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Serves: 36
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1½ cups (3 sticks) butter
  • ½ cup molasses
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 t. baking soda
  • ½ to 1 t. salt
  • 2½ t. cinnamon
  • 1 t. ginger
  • 1 t. cloves
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In large bowl, beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
  3. Add molasses and eggs; beat well.
  4. Add remaining ingredients to butter mixture; mix well.
  5. Form dough into walnut-sized balls and arrange onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or silpat, and flatten slightly with a spoon (or a 2 year old's clean hands).
  6. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool on wire racks.
Recipe by The Domestic Front at http://www.thedomesticfront.com/sisterhood-and-molasses-cookies/