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Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cups confectioner’s icing sugar
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground allspice
  • 1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup firmly packed light-brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup unsulfured molasses
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat liners.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, pepper, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves and baking soda. Set aside.
  4. In a mixing bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, blend butter, brown sugar and molasses at medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture, mix just until combined.
  5. Scoop or pinch off dough, about a tablespoon size, roll into balls (about 1 1/4? size). Place on lined cookie sheets, about 1 1/2? apart.
  6. Bake until cookies are golden and firm to touch with some slight cracking of the tops, about 12-15 minutes. Rotate sheets half-way through to ensure even baking. When done, transfer to a wire rack for about 10 minutes. Toss cookies a few at a time in a bowl or paper bag filled with confectioner’s sugar. Place back on wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
by Martha Stewart
Recipe by Just a Smidgen at https://justasmidgen.com/2012/12/19/grace/