Cry Babies A Molasses Cookie Recipes

CRY BABIES I

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Dissolve the baking soda in the coffee.
• Cream the shortening with the white sugar. Beat in the eggs, coffee mixture, molasses, vinegar, 1/2 cup of the cocoa powder, spices, and flour. Dough should be thick and slightly sticky. Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool, then glaze.
• To Make Glaze: Combine the confectioner's sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa, and enough water to achieve a desired spreading consistency. Beat until smooth.

CRY BABY MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Drop from a spoon onto pan.
• Bake at 350 F until lightly browned at edges (I believe 8-10 minutes but WATCH).
• Remove to wire cooling rack (if needed let sit on pan 1-2 minutes).
• Ice while hot/warm with powdered sugar icing.

CRY BABIES II

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger; stir into the molasses mixture alternately with the milk. Finally, mix in the chocolate chips and raisins. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

MOM'S MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, molasses, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour., Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Bake at 350° for 10-14 minutes or until tops crack and edges are slightly firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CRY BABY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Reserve 1?4 cup of the sugar. Mix all of the other ingredients together in large bowl. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Sprinkle the reserved sugar on a plate and roll the balls in sugar until covered. Place on an ungreased baking sheet in ball form or flatten with your hand or a spoon and bake for 20 minutes.

CRYBABY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with Silpats. Into a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. With machine running, gradually add molasses and egg. Add dry ingredients, alternating with milk, starting and ending with the dry ingredients; scrape down bowl as necessary. Stir in coconut, walnuts, and raisins.
• Drop by tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies. Bake until golden brown, 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool on pans until almost, but not completely cool, about 5 minutes.
• Dip tops of cookies into icing, and decorate with sprinkles or chopped nuts.

CRY BABY COOKIES RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Cream shortening. Add sugar, molasses and eggs. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and soda. Combine with coconut, walnuts, and raisins. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to creamed mixture. Drop by tablespoons on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 - 10 minutes. Makes 9 1/2 dozen.