Molasses Cookies With Brown Butter Icing

• FOR THE COOKIES:
• 1/2 cups Butter, Softened
• 1/2 cups Vegetable Shortening
• 1-1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cups Molasses
• 2 whole Eggs
• 4 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1/2 teaspoons Salt
• 2-1/4 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 2-1/4 teaspoons Ground Ginger
• 1-1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves
• 1-1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 cups Sugar, For Rolling Dough
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• FOR THE ICING:
• 1/3 cups Butter, Browned
• 3 cups Powdered Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 4 Tablespoons Milk

1. For the cookies:
2. In large bowl, cream together first three ingredients. Beat in molasses and eggs. In separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Blend thoroughly with a wire whisk. Gradually mix flour mixture with the creamed mixture, until dough is smooth. Roll dough into balls, roll into sugar, and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350u0b0 (F) for EXACTLY 10 minutes. Cookies will look slightly underdone. Cool completely on wire rack.
3. For the icing:
4. Brown butter* over medium heat, set aside. Combine remaining ingredients and add browned butter. Mix until smooth, adding more milk as necessary. Dip your (clean) finger into frosting and taste for quality control purposes, of course. Repeat. Top cookies with remaining frosting, if any.
5. *To brown butter: heat in skillet, swirling butter CONSTANTLY, until fragrant (approximately 3 minutes). Immediately remove from heat. You will know when it is done when your kitchen smells like heaven.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/molasses-cookies-with-brown-butter-icing-2/ (may not work)