These are THE best!!!!! They are basically molasses cookies. My grandma used to make these, and I can't seem to make them like hers!!! :)
I know this doesn't look the greatest, but this is what it looks like all mixed up. I just pulled it out of the frig and am ready to roll it out!
Flour your counter top and your dough and get ready to roll! :)
Marble rolling pins are the best!!!
Roll a little thinner than you would the sugar cookies
It's hard to tell when these are done! I went through about 3 pans before I figured out just how long I need to keep them in there for!
Oh how I wish I had a scratch and sniff picture for ya'll! These cookies smell absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!
Ready to frost!
Drop them in the frosting/glaze...
Pick up and let the extra frosting fall off
YUMMY!!!! :P
These are sooo good!! I don't always frost these, but 9 times out of 10 I DO frost them!!!
I don't normally put sprinkles on these either. Grandma wouldn't have... BUT, you can change some things, right? Plus, I did put sprinkles on for the kids! :)
Bumble Bee Cookies
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup Brer Rabbit molasses
1 cup shortening (Crisco)
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon soda in 1/2 cup hot water
1 egg
5 (3 1/2) cups of flour or enough to make a dough that can be rolled.
Mix all ingredients together.
Chill. Roll thin. Bake at 400 degrees for 5-10 minutes.
Frost
*You don't have to use Brer Rabbit molasses, but they taste more like my grandma's if you do! :)
I never add 1/2 teaspoon ginger, not a big fan of it, so I do a little less than 1/4 teaspoon.
Start off with 3 1/2 cups flour and then add 1/2 cup until you get up to 5 cups. You may not need the full 5 cups to get it to the right consistency.
Depending on how thin you roll the dough, it can take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes for baking them. You can't really tell when they are done since it is a dark dough, but you don't really want them crunchy. They are better a bit soft. :)
