Molasses Cookies with Powdered Sugar Glaze

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp orange juice
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

  for covering the cookies
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2-3 tbsp heavy cream
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• 2 In a medium-sized bowl, sift together the flour, salt, cloves, cinnamon, baking
  soda, and ginger. In another bowl, mix together the molasses and water. Set both
  bowls aside.
• 3 In a large bowl, beat the butter with the sugar together until fluffy. Add in
  the egg; mix until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients, alternating with
  the molasses and water mixture, and mix between each addition until the cookie
  dough is well combined.
• 4 Scoop cookie dough out and form tablespoon-sized balls, then roll them into the
  sugar that was set aside for rolling. Place the cookies 2 inches apart on the
  cookie sheet, flatten, and bake for 8-10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool for 5
  minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
• 5 Mix together the icing ingredients, starting with 2 tbsp of heavy cream. Mix in
  an additional 1-2 tbsp of heavy cream until the icing is thick but drippy.
  Drizzle the icing over each cookie and set aside to harden. Store in an airtight
  container.
• 6 Drizzle the icing over each cookie and set aside to harden. Store in an airtight
  container.

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