Halloween Ginger Creams and a Mini Announcement

All the cool kids are doing it-- halloween recipes, that is.

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned at some point that Halloween is like, my favorite holiday of all time. I love dressing up, eating handing out candy and decorating my surroundings to look ghoulish and fun. So for the rest of October, I'll be trying several different holiday recipes.

The first I attempted were these Halloween Ginger Creams.

I have to make a confession though... I cheated on the frosting. The recipe calls for Seven Minute Frosting and, well, to be honest I'm TERRIBLE at making Seven Minute Frosting. I always overdo it and it turns into a sticky, taffy mess. So I decided to make cream cheese frosting. Not the best idea...

Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup molasses
1 cup sour cream
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
3 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
Salt, to taste
Frosting (preferably seven minute)
Candy Corn

Cream the sugar and shortening.

 Add molasses, sour cream, egg and egg yolks.

Mix dry ingredients; add to molasses mixture.

Spread dough about 1/4 inch deep on greased and floured cookie sheet with an edge. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool.

Without removing from pan, frost with a pale orange frosting.

Mark into squares; center each square with a candy. Bam, you're done!

I have to say, these were some of the strangest bars I've ever had. Something about these bars were just... odd. Perhaps it was the fact that I used cream cheese frosting. Or maybe it was that the molasses smelled so bad that I was forever turned off of the bars by the time I finished them. I'm not really sure, but I hope you give these a try and tell me your results.

Good luck,
Rosie

Announcement: I just wanted to let you know that there probably won't be a post next week. I have midterms next week and I REALLY need to study. However, as soon as they're over, I'll be back with a new recipe!

Source: Favorite Eastern Star Recipes Holiday Cookbook 1970