Cookie Recipes
Red-Bellied Bears
Yield: 3 dozen
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
- 3 1/2 to 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 to 3 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Red decorator sugar crystals
- Red cinnamon candies
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet.
- Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until soft and creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add egg, molasses, and orange juice, beating well.
- Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Divide dough into thirds; roll each portion to 1/4 inch thickness on prepared cookie sheet. Cut cookies close together with a 3 1/2 inch bear shape cookie cutter. Remove excess dough from cookie sheets. Decorate with sugar crystals and candies.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove to wire racks to cool.