Crybaby Cookies

This is another recipe modified by my grandmother. They are best eaten as soon as possible. They give off a very molasses and ginger flavor. 

Recipes makes 2.5 - 3 dozen cookies. 

Calories: About 140 per cookie

Cookie Dough: 

• 1 cup of raisins and 1 cup of water 
• 1 cup of room temperature butter 
• 1 cup of white sugar 
• 1/2 cup of molasses 
• 1 egg 
• 4 cups of flour 
• 2 teaspoons of baking soda. 
• 1 teaspoon of ginger, cloves and cinnamon 
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt 

Glaze: 

• 2 cups of powdered sugar 
• 3 tablespoons of milk - maybe more 
• 2 tablespoons of room temperature, soft butter 

Directions: 

• Boil the raisins and 1 cup of water 
• Cream the butter and sugar in an electric mixer. Then add the egg and molasses. 
• Add the flour, ginger, cloves, cinnamon and salt. 
• Discard the water except for 1/2 cup of it. Add the 1/2 cup of hot water and raisins to the dough and mix it.
• Spoon the dough onto a cookie sheet. The cookies should rise. 
• Preheat an oven to 350 and bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes. You can test to see if they are done by putting a toothpick in the middle. If the toothpick comes out clean, that means that the cookies are done. 
• While the cookies are baking, mix up the glaze ingredients. 
• When the cookies are finished, spoon the glaze over the cookies, so the glaze melts over them and gives off a "teardrop" effect.