Soft Ginger Cookies
by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine
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Soft Ginger Cookies
Yield: Makes 33 cookies
Ingredients:
2
cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2
teaspoons ground ginger
1
teaspoon baking soda
1/4
teaspoon salt
1/4
teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4
teaspoon ground cloves
1/4
cup packed brown sugar
1/4
cup canola oil
1/4
cup molasses
1/2
cup fat-free sour cream
1
egg white
Preparation:
1.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
2.
Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves in large bowl; set aside.
3.
Beat brown sugar, oil and molasses 1 minute in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add sour cream and egg white; beat until well blended. Gradually add flour mixture to oil mixture, beating on low speed until well blended.
4.
Drop dough by level tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten dough to 1/8-inch thickness with bottom of small glass lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
5.
Bake 10 minutes or until tops of cookies puff up and spring back when lightly touched. Let cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 1 cookie | |
| Sodium | 65 mg |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Fiber | <1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | <1 mg |
| Saturated Fat | <1 g |
| Total Fat | 2 g |
| Calories from Fat | 30 % |
| Calories | 60 |
Dietary Exchange:
| Fat | 1/2 |
| Starch | 1/2 |
This recipe appears in: Ginger & Spice