Prize-Winning Recipe 2009! Spices and molasses turn sugar cookie mix into a homemade ginger cookie.
Ginger-Lemon Delights
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup mild-flavor (light) molasses
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 egg
Glaze and Topping
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie ingredients until very soft dough forms (dough will be sticky).
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Step2On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough with 1 tablespoon-size cookie scoop or by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
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Step3Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, lemon peel and lemon juice until smooth. Spread glaze on cookies. Sprinkle with crystallized ginger.
Nutrition
110
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
18g
Total Carbohydrate
11g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 45mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 18g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 11g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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