Name: Orange Spiced Gingerbread Cutouts
Ingredients: ---For dough---; 1/3 c Packed dark brown sugar; 1/3 c Unsalted butter; softened; 2/3 c Light molasses; 1 Egg; 2 ts Grated fresh orange peel; 2 3/4 c All-purpose flour; plus more to roll out dough; 1 ts Ground ginger; 1/2 ts Baking soda; 1/2 ts Salt -For frosting---; 4 c Powdered sugar; 1/2 c Unsalted butter; softened; 3 tb Milk; (3 to 4); 2 ts Vanilla; Food color

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy	St. Louis	Cookies	48	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		—For dough—
1/3	c	Packed dark brown sugar
1/3	c	Unsalted butter; softened
2/3	c	Light molasses
1		Egg
2	ts	Grated fresh orange peel
2 3/4	c	All-purpose flour; plus more to roll out dough
1	ts	Ground ginger
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt -For frosting—
4	c	Powdered sugar
1/2	c	Unsalted butter; softened
3	tb	Milk; (3 to 4)
2	ts	Vanilla
		Food color

INSTRUCTIONS

To prepare dough: In large mixer bowl, combine brown sugar, butter,
molasses, egg and orange peel. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often,
until smooth and creamy, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add 2 3/4 cups flour,
ginger, baking soda and salt. Reduce speed to low. Continue beating,
scraping bowl often, until well mixed, about 1 to 2 minutes. Cover;
refrigerate at least 2 hours.
On well-floured surface, roll out dough, half at a time, to 1/4-inch
thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated.) Cut with 3- to 4-inch
cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on well-greased cookie sheets. If
cookies are to be hung as decorations, make a hole in each, 1/4 inch from
top with end of plastic straw. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven 6 to 8
minutes or until no indentation remains when touched. Remove to racks and
let cool completely.
To prepare frosting: In small mixer bowl, combine powdered sugar, butter,
milk and vanilla. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, 1 to 2 minutes or
until fluffy. If desired, beat in a few drops of food color. Decorate
cookies with frosting.
Yield: 4 dozen cookies.
Tester's notes: These can be frozen. Store in an airtight container. The
flavor increases with age. This is a winner for flavor and texture. I
recommend this recipe highly.
Recipe adapted from Land O'Lakes.
Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/5/94
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Nancy Berry <nlberry@prodigy.net> on Feb 16,
1998

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