COOKIES - Lemon-Ginger Snowballs
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Yield: 4 dozen cookies
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From Better Home and Gardens ingredients | |
1/2 cup | shortening |
1 tablespoon | grated fresh ginger or finely chopped crystallized ginger |
1 tablespoon | vanilla |
2 teaspoons | honey-lemon-ginseng flavor green tea, (from one .1 oz. tea bag)* |
1 teaspoon | finely shredded lemon peel |
1 cup | packed brown sugar |
2 teaspoons | ground ginger |
1 teaspoon | baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon | baking soda |
1/4 teaspoon | salt |
2 large | eggs |
2 1/2 cups | all-purpose flour |
Granulated sugar | |
1 recipe | Powdered Sugar Glaze, (recipe below) |
coconut, powdered sugar, white nonpareils (optional) | |
directions 1. In large mixing bowl beat shortening, ginger, vanilla, tea, and lemon peel on medium until fluffy. Add brown sugar; beat until well-combined. Beat in ground ginger, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat in eggs. Beat in as much of the flour as you can; stir in remaining by hand. Refrigerate dough 1 hour or until easy to handle. 2. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Shape dough in 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar and place on two ungreased baking sheets. 3. Bake 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Dip in Powdered Sugar Glaze and toppings; let stand on waxed paper to dry. Makes 4 dozen cookies. from the test kitchen Variation Chocolate Variation :Prepare as directed, adding 1/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder with the brown sugar, and reducing the flour to 2-1/3 cups. Bake 10 minutes or until edges are set. Dust with powdered sugar. Note *Cut open tea bag and add the loose tea to the batter. (Do not brew the tea). Powdered Sugar Glaze ingredients | |
1 cup | powdered sugar |
4 teaspoons | water |
directions
In bowl stir together powdered sugar and water to reach drizzling consistency.
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