Lemon Molasses Cookies Food

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, beat brown sugar, shortening, molasses and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar.
• Shape dough by rounded tablespoonfuls into 1 1/2-inch balls. Dip tops into granulated sugar. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls, sugared sides up, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 13 to 16 minutes or just until set and cookies appear dry. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

CHEWY MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, or using an electric mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Add the molasses and vanilla and mix again.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, cardamom, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing after each addition. Mix in the 1 tablespoon water.
• Use a 2-inch cookie scoop to scoop the dough and use your hands to roll it into balls. If the dough feels dry, mix in 1/2 tablespoon additional water. Roll the balls in the sugar, press down slightly, and bake for 10 minutes, until the cookies are puffed and cracking on top. Remove and let cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

MOLASSES AND SPICE LEMON SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine wet ingredients and sugar in one bowl, dry ingredients in another, then combine.
• Chill for about in hour so the dough is easy to work with.
• Form into balls and roll in sugar and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 10 minutes or until the tops just start to crack a bit. Remove from oven and cool completely before filling.
• Filling:.
• Combine remaining 3 tablespoons margarine, lemon juice, and confectioner's sugar in bowl and whisk until smooth. Spread heaping teaspoon filling over bottoms of half of cooled cookies. Top with remaining cookies and let filling set 1 hour.
• When cookies are cool, and filling is ready, just frost the bottom of one cookie with the frosting and place another cookie on top to make a sandwich.
• Enjoy!

LEMON-MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Stir together flour, ginger, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
• Add molasses, egg, and extract; beat well.
• Stir in flour mixture until well blended.
• Wrap airtight.
• Chill overnight or at least 2 hours until firm enough to roll.
• Cut dough in thirds; roll out each third (keeping remainder in refrigerator) on lightly floured pastry cloth or other surface about 1/8-inch thick.
• Cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
• With spatula, transfer to lightly greased baking sheet, keeping cookies 1/4-inch apart.
• Repeat with remainder of dough and scraps.
• Bake in preheated 375 F oven for 6-7 minutes or until light brown.
• Remove to racks to cool.
• Frost when cool.
• Store airtight in cool place.
• (Can be used for Christmas ornaments by making a small hole near the top of each cookie with a toothpick before baking.).

MOLASSES SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat sugar and butter until combined. Beat in egg, then molasses, until smooth. On low speed, gradually add flour mixture until a dough forms.
• Drop rounded measuring teaspoonfuls of dough onto 2 ungreased (or parchment-lined) baking sheets, about 1 1/2 inches apart.
• Bake until centers are dry to the touch, 12 to 15 minutes; rotate pans from top to bottom and front to back halfway through. Cool 1 minute on baking sheets; then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Make Creamy Molasses Filling: Whisk butter with molasses until smooth. Gradually whisk in confectioners' sugar; whisk until smooth and spreadable. Makes 1 1/2 cups.
• Spread a rounded measuring teaspoonful of Creamy Molasses Filling on the flat side of a cookie; place another cookie on top, and gently press. Repeat until all cookies are filled. Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 day, or refrigerate up to 3 days (cookies may soften during refrigeration).