Chewy Gingerbread Molasses Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1/4 cup water
5 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon ginger (or to taste)
1 tablespoon cinnamon (or to taste)
1 teaspoon allspice (or to taste)

Preparation

Place margarine in large mixing bowl; soften it in a microwave for a few seconds.
Cream sugar and margarine; add molasses and water.
Combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and allspice.
Add to the mixing bowl; mix together.
Let dough cool, covered, in freezer for at least one hour.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
Roll out dough; cut out with cookie cutters.
If the cookies are thin, bake for 6 minutes.
If cookies are thick, bake for 8 minutes.
Cookies will appear slightly underbaked but that's what makes them taste so good and chewy!
Cool cookies on a wire rack.
These cookies stand their own without frosting, but if you want to frost them, mix a cup of powdered sugar with a little water to make frosting. Draw a few accent lines or dots on the cookies.