MORAVIAN SPICE COOKIES

Moravian Spice Cookies image

Provided by Pat Duran

Categories Cookies

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/4 c molasses, your choice dark or light
1 large egg yolk
6 Tbsp butter, room temperature
3/4 c brown sugar, firmly packed
1 2/3 c all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp each, ground ginger and ground cloves
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 dash(es) ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp each, white pepper and ground mustard

Steps:

1. In a large bowl beat together the brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add molasses and egg yolk and beat well until combine.
2. In another bowl combine the flour and all remaining ingredients,blend well and add to the molasses mixture in small amounts at a time. Dough will be loose and crumbly. Gently press dough to make a soft mound then take 1/3 of the dough and place on a piece of parchment paper;pat into a rectangle. Place another piece of paper on top and roll as thin as possible (1/16-inch thick). Repeat with remaining dough.
3. Gently peel back top paper,replace paper and freeze for 30 minutes. Remove from freezer remove top paper and cut cookies with a 2-inch round or other cookie cutter. Place cookie on a clean piece of parchment paper on cookie sheet and freeze for 15 minutes.
4. Heat oven to 325^. Remove cookies from freezer ; sprinkle tops with cinnamon/sugar if desired. Bake for 10 minutes. Yes that is the correct time. But check on them as ovens bake differently. They should be brown but not to dark- this depends on if you used light or dark molasses and brown sugar. If you do not cinnamon/sugar the tops. You can frost with a glaze when cooled.
5. Glaze: 1 c. sifted powdered sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla or almond flavoring(extract) 1 1/2 Tablespoons water as needed (milk will make the frosting too soft Blend sugar,salt and flavoring, add water to desired spreading consistency.