Molasses cookies

Molasses is an excellent source of iron, so I like to think of these cookies as healthy. I have a batch in the oven right now, and the smell is heavenly. The recipe comes from Mollie Katzen's cookbook, Still Life With Menu Cookbook. I bet they'd make to-die-for ice cream sandwiches.

Mrs. Buerschaper's Molasses Crinkles

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup blackstrap molasses

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

1 tsp ground ginger

2 cups unbleached white flour

1 to 2 tablespoons additional sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 & lightly grease a cookie sheet

2. Melt butter over low heat and transfer to medium sized bowl

3. Beat in molasses and 1 cup of sugar. Beat egg by itself in a small bowl first, and then beat this into molasses mixture

4. Sift dry ingredients together (except extra sugar) and then stir them into the wet mixture

5. Use your hands to form 1 1/2 inch balls of dough. Place additional sugar on a small plate and roll each ball in the sugar before arranging on cookie sheet

6. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until firm to touch. Cool on a rack (or just eat them hot, yum).