Grandma Waddell's Spicy Gems
The smell of these baking always takes me back to my grandma's house!
Ingredients
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 large egg well beaten
- ½ cup molasses
- 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp soda
- ½ cup hot water
Frosting
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 tsp hot milk or coffee
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg and molasses and mix well. Sift dry ingredients together and stir into molasses mixture alternately with hot water mixed with soda.
- Chill dough thoroughly. Drop by teaspoonful 2-inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 400°F for 8 minutes. Cool for a few minutes and then frost.
Frosting
- Mix all ingredients until smooth