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    Cookie: 1 pt. Gingerbread People


    Source of Recipe


    Mastercook

    List of Ingredients




    2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    1/4 teaspoon baking soda
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
    1/4 cup butter or stick margarine -- softened
    1/2 cup molasses
    1 large egg white
    cooking spray
    2 tablespoons dried currants
    1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
    2 tablespoons lemon juice
    1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Recipe



    1. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flour and next 7 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a bowl, and set aside. Combine granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer 5 minutes. Add molasses and egg white; beat well. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until well-blended. Divide dough in half, and shape each half into a ball, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 1 hour.

    2. Preheat oven to 350¼.

    3. Working with 1 half of dough at a time (keep remaining half chilled until ready to use), roll the dough to a 1/8-inch thickness on a heavily floured surface; cut with a 2 1/2-inch boy or girl cookie cutter. Place gingerbread cookies 1 inch apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Arrange currants on cookies as buttons. Bake at 350¼ for 8 minutes. Remove from pans; cool on wire racks.

    4. Combine the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla in a small bowl. Spoon into a decorating bag or a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag with a tiny hole snipped in 1 corner of bag, and decorate as desired.

    Yield: 4 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie), 1 point per cookie

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    CALORIES 59 (15% from fat); FAT lg (Sat O.2g mono O.4g poly O.3g); PROTEIN O.7g; CARB 11.9g; FIBER O.2g; CHOL Omg; IRON O.Smg; SODIUM 38mg; CALC l3mg
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    NOTES : These classic cookies make great holiday ornaments: Prior to baking, make a hole in the top of each using a wooden pick; string baked, cooled cookies with yarn, and hang them on the tree or mantel.

 

 

 

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