“Grandma Hansen’s” Molasses Cookies
Jacob Schmidt shares this holiday cookie favorite. He loved going over to “grandma’s” house and helping himself to a cold glass of milk and a freshly baked Molasses Cookie during the holidays!
Ingredients
¾ cup shortening
¾ cup oil
2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
½ cup molasses
4 cups flour
¾ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp ground cloves
2 tsp cinnamon
For the Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
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1. In the bowl of your mixer, mix together the shortening, oil, sugar, eggs and molasses until well blended. Scrape down the sides as needed.
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2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, ground cloves and cinnamon until everything is well blended.
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3. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in 2 batches, blending well and scraping down the sides as needed.
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4. Chill the dough for about 30 minutes. When chilled, roll the dough into golf ball sized pieces and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.
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5. While cookies are baking, whisk the glaze ingredients together until blended.
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6. When cookies are baked, remove from the oven and drizzle with the powdered sugar glaze. Let the cookies cook, serve and enjoy!
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