Misty's Christmas Cookies (Spiced Molasses Cookies)

• 1½ sticks butter
• ⅔ cup sugar
• ⅔ cup molasses
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 large egg yolk

• 2¼ cup flower
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 4 tsp cookie juice *

Bake at 375° for 9-11 min.

Notes:

• For my oven (calibrated temperature) closer to 9 minutes is better than 11.
• Brown sugar is just white sugar and molasses, so I increased the sugar and molasses and ditched the brown sugar.
• "roll in white sugar" is a pain, the easier way is to put some sugar in a bowl, drop the balls in the bowl, and use a spoon to dump sugar from the bowl on top of the balls.  You can do a bunch at a time that way. It's a lot faster and easier and less fussy.

* "cookie juice" is just a mixture of the spices prepared earlier.  A larger quantity is easier to measure, and it saves work later.:

one batch:

• 1½ tsp cinnamon
  
• 1½ tsp ginger
  
• ½ tsp cloves
  
• ¼ tsp allspice
  
• ¼ tsp black pepper