Enjoy these nutty ginger cookies for your Christmas celebration – perfect for dessert.
Walnut-Topped Ginger Drop Cookies
- Prep Time 60 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 42
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup half-and-half
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 42 walnut halves
- 3 tablespoons white vanilla baking chips

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat brown sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and egg until well blended. On low speed, beat in remaining ingredients except walnuts and baking chips until well blended.
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Step2Onto ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart. Press 1 walnut half onto each cookie.
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Step3Bake 6 to 9 minutes or until edges are set and light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 5 minutes.
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Step4Meanwhile, place baking chips in small resealable freezer plastic bag; seal bag. Microwave on High 30 to 45 seconds or until softened. Squeeze bag until chips are smooth. (If necessary, microwave 30 seconds longer or just until all chips are melted.) Cut off tiny corner of bag; squeeze bag to drizzle melted chips over cookies.
Nutrition
80
Calories
4g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
8g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 80
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 65mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 8g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1 Fruit;Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
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