Cream Filled Molasses Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
| Vegetable shortening | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Molasses | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Egg | 1 | |
| Flour | 4 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), sifted | |
| Ginger | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Soda | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Butter | 1 Tablespoon (Cream Filling:) | |
| Confectioner’s sugar | 1 Cup (16 tbs), sifted (Cream Filling:) | |
| Salt | 1/8 Teaspoon (Cream Filling:) | |
| Ginger | 1/4 Teaspoon (Cream Filling:) | |
| Cinnamon | 1/8 Teaspoon (Cream Filling:) | |
| Boiling water | 1 Tablespoon (Cream Filling:) |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Cream shortening with salt, molasses, sugar, and egg until light; sift flour with ginger and soda and add, 1 cup at a time, to creamed mixture, beating smooth after each addition.
If dough seems very soft, chill until firm enough to roll.
Roll, about 1/4 of dough at a time, on a lightly floured board to a thickness of 1/8"-1/4".
Cut half of dough with a doughnut cutter, other half with round cookie cutter of the same diameter.
Repeat until all dough is rolled and cut.
Bake on greased baking sheets 10-12 minutes, remove to wire racks to cool.
Meanwhile, prepare filling: Cream butter, sugar, salt, ginger and cinnamon until light, then beat in boiling water.
To assemble cookies, spread rounds with filling, top with doughnut-shaped cookies, and press lightly into place.
Cream shortening with salt, molasses, sugar, and egg until light; sift flour with ginger and soda and add, 1 cup at a time, to creamed mixture, beating smooth after each addition.
If dough seems very soft, chill until firm enough to roll.
Roll, about 1/4 of dough at a time, on a lightly floured board to a thickness of 1/8"-1/4".
Cut half of dough with a doughnut cutter, other half with round cookie cutter of the same diameter.
Repeat until all dough is rolled and cut.
Bake on greased baking sheets 10-12 minutes, remove to wire racks to cool.
Meanwhile, prepare filling: Cream butter, sugar, salt, ginger and cinnamon until light, then beat in boiling water.
To assemble cookies, spread rounds with filling, top with doughnut-shaped cookies, and press lightly into place.
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