| Yields: | Nutrition: | Prep Time: | Total Time: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 cookies | 75 calories | 20 min | 1 hr |
If you make cookies during the holidays, you’ll want to try this gingersnap recipe. These cookies, flavored with warm spices, can easily be modified for chewy or crispy cookie lovers. Whole-wheat flour and earthy spices provide additional cancer-fighting nutrients that many cookie recipes lack.
Before making any drastic changes to your diet, be sure to talk with your doctor or nutritionist. While these recipes may relieve common symptoms, your doctor may have you on a specific diet for your treatment plan. If you have questions about what’s safe to eat or drink, your doctor or care team are ready to help.
Ingredients
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3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1 ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/3 cup dairy-free buttery shortening sticks
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1/2 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons
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2 tablespoon unsulphured molasses
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1 large egg white
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1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
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2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In mixing bowl, whisk together both flours, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, pepper and salt.
- In another bowl, use electric mixer on medium-high speed to beat non-dairy shortening sticks with 1/2 cup of the sugar for 2 minutes. Add molasses and egg white and beat for 3 minutes. Set mixer on low speed, and mix in dry ingredients just to combine—leaving white streaks is better than over-mixing. Batter will form soft ball.
- Place remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in wide, shallow bowl. Pinch off about 1 tablespoon batter, and roll it between your palms, forming 1-inch ball. Place ball in bowl with sugar and roll to coat it, and then place on light-colored, ungreased baking sheet. Discard leftover sugar. Repeat, spacing balls 2 inches apart. Using back of a glass, press to flatten each ball into 1 ⅓-inch disk.
- Bake cookies for 10 minutes. While cookies bake, for glaze, in small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar with lemon juice, mixing until sugar is completely dissolved.
- When cookies are done, use spatula to transfer immediately to wire cooling racks. Using tip of a knife, spread 1/4 teaspoon glaze on top of each warm cookie. Cool completely. Store in cookie tin for up to 1 week.