½ cup butter
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tsp vinegar
½ cup buttermilk
½ cup molasses
2 ½ cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ginger
½ tsp cinnamon
Raisins or currants for faces
Sour milk can be used instead of butter milk.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vinegar and mix. Combine buttermilk or sour milk and molasses. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets and make faces with currants or raisins. Bake at 350 degrees 10 to 15 minutes.
Makes about 5 - 6 dozen 1x
Cookie Category: Drop
Difficulty: ★ ★ ☆ ☆
Find it online: https://www.cookiesbybess.com/party-face-cookies/