Boston Cream Cookies Recipes

Posted by NancyRadler on March 13th, 2009 at 04:12pm

In our hometown bakery, they made the best frosted molasses soft cookies. I loved them! Well, I wanted to try to make some of my own. A relative brought these to a family gathering. These cookies are so similar to the bakery cookies. I asked her for the recipe.

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Ingredients

1/2 C. sugar
1/2 C. shortening
1/2 C. molasses
1 egg
1/4 C. buttermilk
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vinegar
2 1/8 C. flour

Frosting:
2 Tbs. butter
2 Tbs. cream
1 C. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and beat well. Add molasses and beat. Add buttermilk and beat. In a cup, add soda to vinegar and mix into batter. Add sifted dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by spoonfuls. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Frosting:
Bring butter and cream to boil and add powdered sugar. I don’t double this recipe because of all the spice.

Serving Size
2 dozen

Preparation Time
30  minutes

Cooking Time
10  minutes

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