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Chewy Spice Cookies
Author/Submitted by:
"The Cookie Jar"
Servings: 36
Categories:
Cookies
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Desserts
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Low-Fat/Low-Cal
Ingredients: 1
cup
Sugar 1
cup
Molasses 1/4
cup
Applesauce 1/4
cup
Skim milk 2
tablespoons
Vegetable oil 1
teaspoon
Rum extract 3 1/2
cups
All-purpose flour 1 1/2
teaspoons
Ground ginger 1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1/2
teaspoon
Ground cloves 1/2
teaspoon
Ground nutmeg 1/4
teaspoon
Ground allspice 1/8
teaspoon
Salt
Vegetable cooking spray 4
cups
Confectioner's sugar,
sifted
4
tablespoons
Skim milk 1
teaspoon
Skim milk 2
tablespoons
Lemon juice 2
tablespoons
Lemon zest,
grated
Directions:
1.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. For cookies, beat sugar, molasses, applesauce, milk, oil and rum flavoring in a large bowl until will-blended. In a medium bowl, combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and salt. Add dry ingredients, on third at a time, to sugar mixture; stir until a soft dough forms. Spray hands with cooking spray. Shape teaspoonsful of dough into balls and flatten slightly with fingers. place 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Transfer cookies to a wire rack with waxed paper underneath to cool.
2.
For icing, combine all ingredients in a medium bowl; stir until smooth. ice cookies. Allow icing to harden. Store in an airtight container.
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