Soft Molasses Cookies & Icing

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ginger, ground
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). cream butter or margarine and gradually blend in sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in egg and molasses.
• 3 add sour cream alternately with sifted dry ingredients. (may substitute 3/4 cup undiluted evaporated milk with 3/4 tablespoon vinegar for the sour cream.)
• 4 drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet. bake 10 to 12 minutes at 375 degrees.
• 5 cookies can be iced with a mixture of confectioners' sugar and milk or just sprinkled with confectioners' sugar.