Merry Christmas Molasses Cookies
A spiced molasses variation of Merry Christmas Cookies, with decorating ideas for toys, boys and girls, wreaths, bells, stockings, Santa Clauses, angels and Christmas trees.
Ingredients
| — | brown sugar (in place of granulated) | |
| — | molasses (in place of honey) | |
| 2 tsp. | 10 ml | cinnamon |
| 1 tsp. | 5 ml | ginger |
Instructions
Make Merry Christmas Cookies (above)—except use brown sugar in place of granulated, molasses in place of honey, and 2 tsp. cinnamon plus 1 tsp. ginger in place of lemon flavoring. Shape and decorate (below).
Toys: Outline shapes (drum, car, jack-in-the-box, etc.) with white or colored icing. Pipe icing on animals (reindeer, elephant, horse, camel, dog, kitten, etc.) to give effect of bridles, blankets, or saddles.
Boys and Girls: Pipe figures with an icing to give desired effects; eyes, noses, buttons, etc.
TO DECORATE Use recipe for Easy Creamy Icing (p. 150). Colored or white sugar in coarse granules for decorating is available at your grocery store.
Wreaths: Cut dough with scalloped cutter, using smaller cutter for center. Cover with white icing. Sprinkle with green sugar and decorate with clusters of berries made of red icing—leaves of green icing—to give effect of holly wreaths.
Bells: Outline and make clapper with red icing.
Stockings: Sprinkle colored sugar on toes and heels before baking. Or mark heels and toes of baked cookies with icing of some contrasting color.
Santa Clauses: Outline with red icing. Fill bag with tiny colored candies. Paint boots with melted chocolate.
Angels: Frost skirt and face white; wings light blue. Trim with gold or silver dragees.
Christmas Trees: Spread with white icing. Sprinkle with green sugar. Decorate with silver dragées and tiny colored candies.