Frosted Ginger Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar, plus more
• sugar, for rolling cookies
• 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. in a large bowl, cream 1 cup granulated sugar with butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. mix in egg and molasses and blend well.
• 2 in medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt and spices. add butter to mixture and blend well.
• 3 fill a shallow bowl with granulated sugar. break off walnut-size pieces of dough and roll into balls; roll balls in sugar. arrange on greased cookie sheets and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes. transfer to cooling racks.
• 4 meanwhile, make glaze: combine powdered sugar with 1 tbsp water and stir until smooth, then stir in lemon juice. drizzle glaze over cookies and cool until glaze hardens.