Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups dark molasses
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 cup cold water
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 7 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons water
- Red food coloring
- Snowman shaped cookie cutter
- Cake decorating tube and tips
Preparation
Step 1
Mix molasses, brown sugar and shortening together in a bowl. Slowly mix in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease
cookie sheet. Roll out dough onto lightly floured surface 1/4 inch thick. Cut out with snowman cookie cutter. Place about 2 inch on cookie sheet. Bake for about 10-13 minutes. Cool completely. Mix together powdered sugar and water. Add just enough water to make frosting that is not too thick nor too thin and easily workable in decorator tube. Using the writer's tip to make small dots of white frosting all over the snow mans body. Do all snowmen bodies at one time. Take remaining frosting and add red food coloring. Stir well to blend in food coloring. Make dots on snowmen’s hats, pipe a frosting scarf and add eyes and buttons to head and body.