Giant Low Fat Ginger Cookies Recipes

GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar and applesauce until smooth.
• Add the egg and molasses, mix well.
• In another large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and spices.
• Add to sugar and molasses mixture, stirring well.
• Divide the dough into two flat balls; cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Generously dust the surface of your working area with flour before rolling out the dough.
• Work with one ball of dough at a time, keep the other refrigerated while you do so.
• Roll the dough out to 1/4 or 1/8-inch thickness, sprinkle a little flour on top of the dough if it's a little sticky.
• Cut the gingerbread with a cookie cutter shape of your choice.
• Place cookies 1 or 2 inches apart on a silpat-lined baking sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes.
• Mix the egg whites with lemon juice.
• Combine with powdered sugar, mixing well. If the icing is too thin, add more powdered sugar, if it's too thick add a drop of lemon juice.
• Add to a piping bag to decorate cookies when cookies are cooled.

BIG SOFT GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

GIANT LOW FAT GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325°F.
• Combine the flour through the brown sugar and mix well.
• Using an electric mixer combine the butter, molasses, egg whites, and applesauce.
• Add the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray.
• Drop the batter by 1 1/2 tablespoons onto the baking sheet.
• These will spread so allow some room.
• Bake for about 15 minutes per batch or until they are starting to brown on the bottom.
• Let these cool on a rack.

BIG SOFT GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. , Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls, then roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until puffy and lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

ULTIMATE GINGER COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and salt and then combine the mixture with your hands. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the brown sugar, oil, and molasses on medium speed for 5 minutes. Turn the mixer to low speed, add the egg, and beat for 1 minute. Scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula and beat for 1 more minute. With the mixer still on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the bowl and mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add the crystallized ginger and mix until combined.
• Scoop the dough with 2 spoons or a small ice cream scoop. With your hands, roll each cookie into a 1 3/4-inch ball and then flatten them lightly with your fingers. Press both sides of each cookie in granulated sugar and place them on the sheet pans. Bake for exactly 13 minutes. The cookies will be crackled on the top and soft inside. Let the cookies cool on the sheets for 1 to 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

LOW-FAT GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Whisk egg substitute into applesauce, sugar, brown sugar and molasses.
• In another bowl combine and sift dry ingredients together. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
• Let dough rest in the refrigerator 30 minutes or longer before baking.
• Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray and place a tablespoon of dough 2-inches apart on the baking sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes until lightly browned. (Longer baking time yields crunchier cookies.).

GINGERBREAD COOKIES LOW-FAT

Steps:

• In a big bowl. beat butter, brown sugar, egg.
• Fill a one cup measuring cup with 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses. Then continue to fill the measuring cup to the 2/3 cup mark, with honey. Add to butter, sugar and egg. Mix well.
• Grate chunk of ginger -about 2 tbsp-, then add to bowl and mix.
• Sift dry ingredients into the big bowl and mix well.
• Chill dough for 2 hours.
• Roll out 1/4-inch thick and cut into shapes. Bake 8-10 minutes.

GIANT GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, allspice, and pepper.
• With an electric mixer, cream butter, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg. With mixer on low, gradually beat in flour mixture until just combined. Flatten into a disk, wrap in plastic, and freeze for 20 minutes.
• Divide dough into twelve 2-inch balls. Place remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar in a bowl. Roll balls in sugar to coat; place at least 4 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Flatten into 3-inch rounds. Sprinkle with sugar remaining in bowl.
• Bake until brown, rotating sheets halfway through, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

GIANT GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In medium bowl stir together first 6 ingredients and set aside.
• In large mixing bowl beat shortening on low speed for 30 seconds.
• Add sugar and beat until combined.
• Beat in eggs and molasses until combined.
• Mix in reserved flour and spice mixture until combined.
• Shape dough into 2 inch balls, (or you can measure with a #20 ice cream scoop).
• Roll balls in the coarse sugar.
• Place 2-1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes or until cookies are light brown and puffed -- do not overbake!
• Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

GIANT GINGER COOKIES WITH TANGY LEMON ICING

Steps:

• Cookies: In a bowl, stir together the flour, spices, baking soda, salt, and pepper; set aside.
• In a bowl of stand mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth.
• Add egg; beat until incorporated, then beat in molasses, candied ginger, and fresh ginger.
• Gradually add flour mixture, mixing just to combine.
• Chill dough until slightly firm, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°; line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Scoop dough into 2 1/2 inch balls (use No 20 scoop or a 1/4-cup measuring cup).
• Smooth into balls, coat in turbinado sugar, and arrange on prepared baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
• Flatten balls with the bottom of a measuring cup, then bake 15-18 minutes, or until set.
• Let cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
• Icing: whisk all the ingredients for the icing together until smooth; then spread a tablespoon of icing on each cookie with a spatula.
• Allow to harden before serving.