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Ingredients
| light brown sugar (packed): 1/3 cup (firmly packed) |
| salted butter: 1/3 cup (softened) |
| light molasses: 2/3 cup |
| eggs: 1 |
| orange peel: 2 tsp (grated) |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 3/4 cups |
| ginger (minced): 1 tsp |
| baking soda: 1/2 tsp |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 4 cups |
| salted butter: 1/2 cup (softened) |
| 2% milk: 3 Tbl |
| vanilla extract: 2 tsp |
Orange Spiced Gingerbread Cookies
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
126 min -
Cook Time
15 min -
Servings
4 serving(s)
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- in large mixer bowl combine brown sugar, 1/3 cup butter, molasses, egg and orange peel. beat at medium speed scraping bowl often until smooth and creamy.
- add remaining cookie ingredients, reduce speed to low. continue beating scraping bowl often until well mixed.
- cover refrigarate at least 2 hours.
- heat oven to 375*F.
- roll out dough 1/2 at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigarated), on well floured surface to 1/4inch thickness.
- cut into 3 to 4 cookie cutters.
- place 1inch apart on greased cookie sheet.
- bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched.
- cool completely.
- in small mixer bowl combine all frosting ingredients, beat at low speed, craping bowl often until fluffy.
- if desired color frosting with food coloring.
- decorate cookies with frosting.