Amish Molasses-Ginger Drops

Amish Molasses-Ginger Drops
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3 Reviews
Molasses cookies that showcase this popular pantry staple whether you use sorghum, blackstrap, or light or dark molasses.
35 min
Prep Time
1:05
Total Time
24 cookies

Ingredients

Cookie

1 cup
sugar
3/4 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
1/4 cup
molasses
1
large Land O Lakes® Egg
1 tablespoon
freshly grated lemon zest
2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons
ground ginger
1 teaspoon
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon
ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon
salt

Frosting

2 cups
powdered sugar
1/4 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
2 tablespoons
fresh lemon juice
Crystallized ginger

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375°F.
  2. Combine sugar and 3/4 cup butter in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add molasses, egg and lemon zest. Continue beating until well mixed. Add all remaining cookie ingredients; beat at low speed until well mixed.
  3. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto greased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely.
  4. Combine powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter and lemon juice in bowl. Beat at low speed until smooth. (Add additional lemon juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, if frosting is too thick.) Spread frosting over cooled cookies. Sprinkle with chopped crystallized ginger.

Recipe Tips

In the deep south, there lies a fondness for the thick, sweet, iron-rich condiment, molasses. Unlike light and dark molasses which are produced from the juices squeezed from sugar cane, sorghum molasses is the syrup produced from the cereal grain, sorghum.

Nutrition Facts (1 cookie)

Calories
180
Cholesterol
30mg
Carbohydrates
27g
Protein
1g
Fat
8g
Sodium
140mg
Dietary Fiber
0g

Recipe Comments and Reviews

Rating

I first made this cookie in the fall of 2007. I have made it several times since. It is great. Sent it into my husband's Christmas work party and they were all asking for the recipe! I didn't change a thing. It's a little time consuming, but worth it! Yummy!

Posted August 16, 2009 by Paula

Rating

This is a simple recipe and easy to make. The taste is wonderful thanks to the Land o' Lakes butter I always use in cookies and mystifying the molasses and ginger [!]. No one can guess the flavors, which is fun for this Cookie Lady!

Posted April 05, 2009 by Veronica

Rating

The first time I tried and served this wonderful cookie was this past Christmas eve. Our family loved them! I make several types of cookies along with other goodie's to send home with them, along with the recipe.Thank you for sharing this recipe!!!I stayed right with the recipe and did not change anything.

Posted August 28, 2008 by Janet

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