Revamped Rolled Christmas Ginger Cookies

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 30
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 206.2
  • Total Fat: 8.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 6.2 mg
  • Sodium: 110.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 29.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
  • Protein: 2.9 g

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Introduction

Every Christmas, we drag out my mother's old, food-stained Better Homes & Gardens cookbook for its recipe for Rolled Ginger Bread cookies. This year, in attempt to do better for my family and I, I changed things up a little bit. They smell (and taste) AMAZING. Every Christmas, we drag out my mother's old, food-stained Better Homes & Gardens cookbook for its recipe for Rolled Ginger Bread cookies. This year, in attempt to do better for my family and I, I changed things up a little bit. They smell (and taste) AMAZING.
Number of Servings: 30

Ingredients

    1 cup vegetable shortening
    3/4 cup sugar*
    1 egg
    1 cup molasses
    2 tbsp balsamic vinegar*
    4 1/2 cup all-purpose flour*
    3/4 cup ground flaxseed meal
    1 1/2 tsp baking soda
    1/2 tsp salt
    2-3 teaspoons ground ginger
    2 tsp ground cinnamon*
    2 tsp ground allspice*

    I DO NOT own the rights to the original recipe. It has been revamped.

Tips

*=modification to the Better Homes and Gardens recipe

These probably are higher calorie cookie, but they also have more fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, and other nutrients than a generic rolled ginger cookie.


Directions

Place rack on top rung. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. "Cream sugar and shortening. Beat in egg, molasses, and vinegar. Sift together dry ingredients; blend in. Chill dough for 3 hours.
Roll dough 1/8" thick on lightly floured surface OR between Seran-type wrap. Cut in shapes."(Serving size refers to small 2"X3" shape cookies) "Place 1" apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Bake at 375 for 5-6 minutes. Cool slightly(about 5 minutes) on sheet; remove cookies from sheet to cooling rack to completely cool." Frosting not accounted for in calorie and nutrition information!

Serving Size: Makes about 5 dozen cookies, with two cookies being one serving