Healthy Ginger Kisses Recipes

GINGER KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160°C or 140°C fan-forced. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
• Using electric beaters, beat spread, sugar and treacle until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat until combined. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Sift flours, ginger, cinnamon, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda into a medium bowl. Add flour mixture to treacle mixture and stir until just combined. Set aside for 10 minutes to firm slightly before piping.
• Spoon mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm round tube. Pipe thirty-six 3cm rounds of mixture, 3cm apart, onto prepared trays. Lightly smooth tops with fingertips. Bake for 10 minutes or until puffed and golden. Set aside on trays for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. Serve.

GINGER KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Combine the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a medium saucepan.
• Stir over a low heat until butter has melted and mixture is smooth.
• Beat eggs until thick and mix in alternately with sifted flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger.
• Bake small spoonfuls on greased trays for 10-12 minutes.
• Let them cool down completely then sandwhich together with custard filling.
• For the custard filling, mix icing sugar, custard powder and butter in a bowl until combine.
• Add little bits of milk into the bowl to make the mixture turn into an icing. Don't make it too runny, but if you do, simply add in more icing sugar.
• I found that when I sandwhiched the kisses together they didn't stay together and the custard filling ran a little bit but it tasted so good! So I wrapped the kisses with cellophane and let the filling set! : ).

GINGERBREAD KISSES

Steps:

• Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in egg and molasses. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and spices; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, until firm enough to shape, about 4 hours., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into sixty 1-in. balls; roll in sugar. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes., Press a chocolate kiss immediately into the center of each cookie. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

HEALTHY GINGER KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190°C Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, sift flours, ginger and cinnamon together and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the 75g of margarine and sugar together until very light. Add beaten egg whites a little at a time and beat well. Beat in Maple syrup. Fold in dry ingredients.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the trays. For larger kisses, drop dessertspoonfuls. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, until kisses are slightly spongy but firm to the touch.
• Transfer the kisses to a wire rack to cool completely. When cold, join with mock cream.
• For the Mock Cream:.
• In a small bowl, beat the margarine, icing sugar and 1 T of water until light. If too powdery, add more water, if too runny, add a tad more icing sugar. Flavour with vanilla extract if desired.

GINGER KISSES

Steps:

• Cream the butter, sugar and golden syrup.
• Beat the eggs until thick and mix in alternately with the dry ingredients.
• Bake in small spoonfuls on baking paper covered trays for 10-12 minutes at 400 F.
• Make up the Highlander filling by softening the butter and adding the rest of the ingredients.
• Put together the kisses using the Highlander filling.

CHEWY GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, molasses and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Roll into 1-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 1-1/2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.