Molasses Sand Tarts Recipe

Try this cinnamon and molasses cookie for dessert.

Cook Time: 45 Minutes
Yield: 14 dozen cookies

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sift together flour and sugar.
  2. Cut in butter or margarine with fingers or pastry blender to resemble coarse meal. Combine molasses and eggs; stir into flour-butter mixture.
  3. Chill dough overnight or until ready to bake.
  4. Roll dough 1/16-inch thick on board dusted with confectioners’ sugar. Shape with cookie cutters. Place on greased baking sheets.
  5. Mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle lightly over unbaked cookies. Bake at 400 degrees 6 to 7 minutes or until edges have lightly browned.
  6. Cool. Store in tightly closed tin box.