Recipe - Five-Star Molasses Tea Cakes

2 One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
1/3 cup Sugar
One fourth cup Brown sugar; firmly packed
One fourth teaspoon Cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon Salt
One half cup Butter; softened
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/3 cup Milk
3 tablespoon Molasses; light or dark
1 Powdered sugar

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 1/3 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 (3060 secs). DO NOT OVERMIX! Divide dough into 16 pieces. Shape
into Three fourths 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 1114 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: NewsEnterprise, Elizabethtown, Ky. Nov.13,97 Recipe by: Land
O'Lakes

Contributor: Sarah Gruenwald sitm@ekx.infi.net

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 325 by P&S Gruenwald
sitm@ne.infi.net on Nov 29, 1997