Five-star molasses tea cakes

16 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2¼ cup All-purpose flour
⅓ cup Sugar
¼ cup Brown sugar; firmly packed
¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Butter; softened
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
⅓ cup Milk
3 tablespoons Molasses; light or dark
1 Powdered sugar

Directions

Heat oven to 350F. In large mixer bowl stir together flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add butter; beat at low speed until crumbly (1 to 2 min). Reserve ⅓ cup crumb mixture for topping; set aside. To remaining crumb mxitre stir in baking pwoder and baking soda. Beat at low speed until well mixed (1 min.). Add milk and molasses; continue beating just until moistened (30-60 secs). DO NOT OVERMIX! Divide dough into 16 pieces. Shape into ¾ inch thick moons, stars, circles or whatever shape cookie cutter you are using. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Sprinkle with reserved crumbe mixture. Bake 11-14 min. or until toothpick inserted in ceter comes out clean. DO NOT OVERBAKE! Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Store in airtight containers.

Note: If desired, drizzle cakes with melted chocolate.

Per serving: 160 cal., 2 g pro., 24 g carbo., 6 g fat, 15 mg chol., 130 mg sodium.

Source: News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown, Ky. Nov⅛,97 Recipe by: Land O'Lakes

Contributor: Sarah Gruenwald sitm@...

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 325 by P&S Gruenwald <sitm@...> on Nov 29, 1997

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