1/2 c Butter
1/2 c Unsulfured molasses
1/2 c Milk
3 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Ginger
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Cloves
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 lg Egg
1 c Sugar
Melt butter and molasses in saucepan over medium heat. Stir in milk.
Pour into mixer bowl; cool. Combine flour, baking powder, ginger,
salt, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon in bowl. Beat egg and sugar
into cooled molasses mixture. At low speed, gradually stir in dry
ingredients to form smooth dough. Wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or
overnight.
Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets. On lightly
floured surface with floured rolling pin, roll dough 1/4-inch thick.
Cut with 2 inch decorative cookie cutters. Bake 10-12 minutes, until
lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Decorate as desired. Makes 4
dozen.
Per cookie: 80 calories, 2 gm total fat, 1 gm saturated fat, 10 mg
cholesterol, 63 mg sodium, 13 gm carbohydrates, 1 gm protein.
Yields
4 Servings