Spice Cutout Cookies Recipe

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The L&T editors adored Lyn Chapman's crispy spice cookies so much, that they asked the Test Kitchen to create a light creamy frosting to go with them. "My husband loves ginger snaps and gingerbread," Lyn writes from Provo, Utah. "He was delighted when I made these cookies since they offered a ginger flavor but with a new twist." At only 1 gram of fat a piece, the whimsical treats make an ideal addition to a Christmas cookie platter or New Year's dessert buffet.

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Spice Cutout Cookies Recipe

Prep: 1 hour + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 72 Servings

60 10 70

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup prune baby food
3/4 cup molasses
1 egg
3 tablespoons fat-free milk
3-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoons aniseed, crushed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
FROSTING:
1/4 cup butter, softened
5 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 to 5 tablespoons fat-free milk
Food coloring, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the baby food, molasses, egg and milk; mix well. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, aniseed, baking soda, cloves and fennel seed; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 3/16-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-in. cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.
For frosting, in a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in vanilla and enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Add food coloring if desired. Decorate cookies as desired. Yield: 6 dozen.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 cookie equals 87 calories, 1 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 6 mg cholesterol, 34 mg sodium, 18 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1 starch.

Originally published as Spice Cutout Cookies in Light & Tasty December/January 2006, p66