Rolled Molasses Wafers

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sifted pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg , unbeaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, lemon extract or 1 teaspoon rum extract
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 heat molasses to boiling point. add shortening sugar and salt. sift together flour and spices, add alternately with beaten egg. drop by teaspoonful on a well greased cookie sheet. bake at 300f for about 10 minutes. cool 2 minutes and curl around a wooden spoon handle that has been greased. cookies may be filled with molasses butter frosting. (if cookies become too crisp to roll, heat a few minutes in oven.) for best results on this recipe, use fancy molasses, "lite" molasses is not recommended.
• 2 molasses butter frosting:.
• 3 add 1 cup confectioners sugar, egg and flavoring to creamed butter. mix well. add remaining confectioners sugar alternately with molasses and milk. beat well.