OLD FASHIONED ICE BOX COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets with Crisco. Place cookie press in the refrigerator.
• With a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in egg and extract and beat until mixed well.
• Sift together four, salt and baking powder. Add flour mixture into the butter mixture in 3 parts, mixing well after each addition.
• Pack the dough into a chilled cookie press and press them onto the greased cookie sheets.
• Sprinkle with colored sugars or sprinkles.
• Bake for 7 minutes (*see notes) or until they are just barely golden brown on the edges. Cool on wire racks.
• Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a bowl with a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in the egg white and molasses and beat to combine.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cloves, and allspice into the butter mixture. Mix in the flour mixture until incorporated.
• Roll into 12 dough balls and roll the dough balls in sugar before placing each of them on the cookie sheet.
• Bake the cookies for approximately 12-14 minutes until the cookies begin to brown around the edges. The cookies will be puffy when you take them from the oven but will flatten and crack as they cool.
• Cool the cookies before icing.
• Whisk the powdered sugar and the cream together until smooth. Drizzle the icing on the cookies and let it fill in the cracks of the cookies. Use the back of a knife to spread if desired.
• Let icing set before transferring the cookies to an airtight container to store.