Spiced Molasses Cookies with Maple Bourbon Glaze

Ingredients

Cookie

• ¾ cup Salted Butter (softened)

• 1 cup Granulated Sugar

• 1 Large Egg

• ¼ cup Molasses

• 2 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour

• 2 teaspoons Baking Soda

• ½ teaspoon Salt

• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

• 1 ½ teaspoon *Lebkuchengewurz

• add Granulated Sugar to roll cookie dough in

Glaze

• 1 tablespoon Melted Butter

• 1 tablespoon Pure Maple Syrup

• 1 ½ cups Powdered Sugar

• 1 tablespoon Bourbon

• 1+/- tablespoons Milk

• add pinch Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

• First, mix together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, approximately 2-3 minutes with an electric mixer.

• Next, add egg and molasses and mix well.

• In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and lebkuchen, stirring to combine.

• Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until well combined.

• Form or scoop balls of dough that are slightly smaller than a golf ball. If desired, roll dough balls in granulated sugar after forming. Place them on a baking sheet approximately 2” to 3” apart to allow room for cookies to spread.

• Finally, bake for 10-12 minutes, remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on baking for approximately ten minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

For Glaze

• Mix all ingredients together, add additional milk if needed to reach desired constancy and dip tops of cookies into glaze after they have cooled.

For *Lebkuchengewurz spice mix

• 2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

• 2 teaspoon ground cloves

• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

• 1/2 teaspoon ground green cardamom

• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1/2 teaspoon ground star anise

• 1/4 teaspoogrground mace

• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg