Silver Palate Molasses Cookies

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 melt the butter (i just put it in the microwave), and add sugar and molasses.
• 3 lightly beat the egg (or use 1/4 cup eggbeaters) and add to the butter mixture, and blend well.
• 4 sift the dry ingredients together, and add to the butter mixture(i use king arthur flour whole wheat--it has the same texture of all-purpose).
• 5 it will look wet.
• 6 line a cookie sheet with foil.
• 7 drop the batter by tablespoons onto the foil, 3 inches apart.
• 8 bake 8-10 minutes, until the cookes darken.
• 9 remove foil from cookie sheet, and let the cookies cool on the foil.