Moravian Dark Cookies
½ lb. butter
1 cup sugar
1 tblsp. cream
2 cups dark molasses
1 tblsp. cinnamon
½ tblsp. ginger
½ tsp. cloves, ground
8 cups flour
Cream the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add the cream, molasses, cinnamon, ginger and cloves and blend smooth. Work in the flour gradually. Roll out as thin as possible on floured board. Cut into various shapes with cookie cutters. Bake on greased cookie sheets in moderate oven (350-f) for about 12 minutes. Decorate using a pastry tube and icing made from egg-white and confectioners sugar.