Pepper Molasses Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup lard (or shortening)
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 -3 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients together until well combined. this will be a fairly stiff dough.
• 2 roll out on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4" thickness. cut with round or rectangular cookie cutter.
• 3 bake cookies at 350f for 8-10 minutes.
• 4 in a separate bowl, mix icing.
• 5 when cookies have cooled, make sandwiches out of two cookies and icing.