Gingerbread Butter Cookies | Canadian Goodness

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (125 mL) unsalted Canadian butter at room temperature
• 1/3 cup (80 mL) brown sugar
• 1/4 cup (60 mL) Molasses
• 1 egg at room temperature
• 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups (560 mL) unbleached flour
• 1 1/2 tsp (7.5 mL) baking soda
• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
• 2 tsp (10 mL) ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) ground allspice
• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground cloves
• Sufficient flour for rolling out the dough
• Icing
• 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) icing sugar
• 2 tbsp (30 mL) Canadian milk
• A few drops of vanilla extract
• Food colouring (optional)
• Small candies (optional)