Chewy Gingerbread Molasses Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup water
• 5 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon ginger (or to taste)
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon allspice (or to taste)

Recipe

• 1 place margarine in large mixing bowl; soften it in a microwave for a few seconds.
• 2 cream sugar and margarine; add molasses and water.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and allspice.
• 4 add to the mixing bowl; mix together.
• 5 let dough cool, covered, in freezer for at least one hour.
• 6 preheat oven to 325 degrees fahrenheit.
• 7 roll out dough; cut out with cookie cutters.
• 8 if the cookies are thin, bake for 6 minutes.
• 9 if cookies are thick, bake for 8 minutes.
• 10 cookies will appear slightly underbaked but that's what makes them taste so good and chewy!
• 11 cool cookies on a wire rack.
• 12 these cookies stand their own without frosting, but if you want to frost them, mix a cup of powdered sugar with a little water to make frosting. draw a few accent lines or dots on the cookies.