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Iced Molasses Cookies

Make Mine Molasses

Molasses, a thick syrup, is a by-product of making sugar. Blackstrap molasses is the most concentrated type, full of vitamins and minerals such as iron and calcium.

Did You Know?

Using yogurt in both the cookies and icing greatly reduces the fat in these yummy, cake-like cookies.

How-To

If the icing is a little thick, stir in additional yogurt, 1 teaspoon at a time, until of desired spreading consistency.

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This family-favorite old-fashioned cookie gets a makeover with crystallized ginger and vanilla yogurt. From eatbetteramerica.

Prep Time:40 min

Start to Finish:2 hr

makes:6 dozen cookies

Cookies
1	cup granulated sugar
1/2	cup molasses
1/4	cup butter or margarine, softened
1	egg
1 1/2	cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1 1/2	cups Gold Medal® whole wheat flour
1	tablespoon finely chopped crystallized ginger
1	teaspoon baking soda
1	teaspoon ground ginger
1	teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2	teaspoon salt
1	cup Yoplait® 99% Fat Free creamy vanilla or plain yogurt (from 2-lb container)
Icing
3	cups powdered sugar
1/3	cup Yoplait® 99% Fat Free creamy vanilla or plain* yogurt (from 2-lb container)

1.	Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, mix granulated sugar, molasses, butter and egg. Stir in remaining cookies ingredients until well blended.
2.	With small cookie scoop or by rounded teaspoonfuls, scoop dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
3.	Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4.	In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and 1/3 cup yogurt until smooth. Spread icing over cookies.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.

Nutritional Information

1 Cookie: Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 10); Total Fat 1g (Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 45mg; Total Carbohydrate 14g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 10g); Protein 1g % Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 0% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable Carbohydrate Choices: 1
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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i agree - nothing like the picture

mine turned out a light tan color and flat. i also spent a fortune for the crystallized ginger but couldn't taste it or any molasses. there are better recipes out there for plain cookies. but i loved the frosting. great idea using yogurt instead of milk! mine usually turned out runny but that didn't happen this time.
Posted at 12:31 PM on January 29 2009 by kt

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Don't judge a cookie by its picture

Not sweet enough, even though they're supposed to be healthy. If this is what healthy tastes like, I'll pass. I spent a fortune on the crystallized ginger, and a lot of time trying to make a special holiday treat that everyone would like and enjoy. A dismal failure - they tasted too gingery, not snappy or even like molasses, just blah. The cake-like texture was alright, no surprises there, but with or without the icing, I couldn't pass these off to even the hungriest elf.
Posted at 9:51 AM on January 16 2009 by Okiepeech