Ginger and Molasses Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 3 hard boiled egg yolks, mashed
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup raspberry jam
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- Beat in the molasses and egg yolks.
- Sift the flour, ginger and baking soda together and stir this into the butter mixture.
- Chill the dough for 2 hours.
- Break off 1-inch pieces of dough and roll them into balls.
- Make a slight indentation, with your finger, in each ball and dab 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each impression.
- Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 15 minutes.
- Cool on a cookie rack.
- Store in airtight containers.
butter, sugar, molasses, egg yolks, flour, ginger, baking soda, raspberry jam
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/ginger-and-molasses-cookies (may not work)