Old Fashioned Iced Molasses Cookies
The perfect molasses cookie, chewy and crinkled iced with powdered sugar icing. Old fashioned classic cookies are always the best!
Servings: 1 dozen
Calories: 188kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 Tablespoons salted butter softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg white
- 4 Tablespoons molasses
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- For the Icing: 1 1/4 powdered sugar and 3 Tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl with a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the egg white and molasses and beat to combine.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cloves, and allspice into the butter mixture. Mix in the flour mixture until incorporated.
- Roll into 12 dough balls and roll the dough balls in sugar before placing each of them on the cookie sheet.
- Bake the cookies for approximately 12-14 minutes until the cookies begin to brown around the edges. The cookies will be puffy when you take them from the oven but will flatten and crack as they cool.
- Cool the cookies before icing.
- Whisk the powdered sugar and the cream together until smooth. Drizzle the icing on the cookies and let it fill in the cracks of the cookies. Use the back of a knife to spread if desired.
- Let icing set before transferring the cookies to an airtight container to store.
Notes
If you prefer a puffier cookie, chill the dough for at least an hour before baking.
These cookies freeze really well. But I suggest icing them after you defrost them.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 144mg | Sugar: 26g