Cry Babies I recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup brewed coffee
1 cup molasses
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups confectioners' sugar
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
5 tablespoons water as needed
2 cups white sugar

Nutrition Info

317 calories
carbohydrate: 56.4 g
cholesterol: 15.5 mg
fat: 9.6 g
fiber: 1.6 g
protein: 3.5 g
saturatedFat: 2.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 117.3 mg
sugar: 34.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Dissolve the baking soda in the coffee.

  3. Cream the shortening with the white sugar. Beat in the eggs, coffee mixture, molasses, vinegar, 1/2 cup of the cocoa powder, spices, and flour. Dough should be thick and slightly sticky. Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto a greased cookie sheet.

  4. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool, then glaze.

  5. To Make Glaze: Combine the confectioner's sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa, and enough water to achieve a desired spreading consistency. Beat until smooth.

Recipe Yield

4 dozen

Recipe Note

This was my Grandmother's recipe. It is a molasses cookie with coffee in it.

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