Molasses Cookies

I made our favorite Molasses cookies a week ago for a holiday party the kids were going to. The funny thing is that yesterday the Pioneer Woman posted her recipe for these same cookies. Who knew we saw eye to eye. Well, my recipe is almost the same except that mine is doubled...and she added cardamon and more baking soda that I did.

I even took this picture of my cookies which looks almost exactly like hers except mine has a cookie missing....I wonder who ate that? (She was blond, wrinkly, and fair.)

You can try either recipe...but either way these are one of our family's favorite cookies.

1 1/2 Cups Shortening (I like butter-flavored crisco)
2 Cups Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1/2 Cup Molasses
4 Cups Flour
2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Ground Clove
1 1/2 Teaspoons Ginger

1. Cream Together shortening, sugar, eggs, and molasses.

2. Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground clove, ginger. Mix together.

3. Roll into balls about a tablespoon worth of dough. Then, roll in sugar.

4. Place on cookie sheet or baking stone.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes until even in color. (Too done if starts cracking)

6. Enjoy!

P.S. I would love to see your favorite holiday treats posted here!☺

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Pumpkin Sheet Cake

Cake Mix
16 oz canned pumpkin
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

Frosting

3 oz cream cheese, softened

5 Tbsp butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla

1 3/4 cups powdered sugar

3-4 tsp milk

chopped nuts (optional)

For Cake: Beat pumpkin, sugar, and vegetable oil in bowl. Add eggs. Mix well. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Add to pumpkin mix. Beat until well blended. Pour into 15x10x1 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until knife inserted at center comes out clean.

For Frosting: Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add sugar. Add milk until spreadable. Frost cake when completely cooled. Sprinkle nuts over the top.

Gingerbread Cookies (by way of my friend, Paula)

Gingerbread Cookies
3 eggs
1 cup butter
1 cup molasses
2 cups sugar
1 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3/4 tsp ground cloves
3 tsp soda
2 tsp salt
5 cups flour

1. Mix sugars, eggs, and butter.

2. Add spices, then dry ingredients.
3. Mix and chill (It's really soft dough and has to be chilled for real...none of this 15 minutes in the freezer that I'm always trying to do and then you still have to use tons of flour when you roll out. This is actually a mommy job.)

4. Roll out and cut.
5. Bake on ungreased sheet for 8 to 8 1/2 minutes at 350 degrees.

6. Enjoy :-)

Sweet Potato Souffle

 

My kids refuse to have Thanksgiving without this dish! The title doesn't sound very good but it is DIVINE!!! We all love it a little too much! :-) Do you have a favorite Thanksgiving dish?

Sweet Potato Souffle

Potato Mixture
3 cups Sweet Potatoes, mashed, cooked
1 cup granulated sugar, white
1/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup soft margarine

Crust
1 cup pecans, chopped
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1/3 cup flour

Mash potatoes with sugar. Add remaining ingredients (milk, eggs, vanilla, margarine). Put into baking dish. In separate bowl, mix crust ingredients (pecans, brown sugar, margarine, flour) with beater and spread over potatoes. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes in a baking/casserole dish.