Sugar 'n' Spice Cookies Recipe

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An inexpensive meal can still include dessert like these simple cookies. They are a sweet and tart treat.—Dottie LaPierre, Woburn, Massachusetts

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Sugar 'n' Spice Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 27 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
LEMON FROSTING:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
3 to 4 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool.
For frosting, cream the confectioners' sugar, butter and peel in a large bowl. Gradually add lemon juice, beating until frosting achieves desired spreading consistency. Frost cookies. Yield: about 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 169 calories, 7 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 107 mg sodium, 26 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Sugar 'n' Spice Cookies in Taste of Home October/November 1996, p19