Ginger Crinkles

Category: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Ready in 1 hour

Ingredients

Cooking spray

2/3 c Packed dark brown sugar

1/3 c Stick margarine; softened

1/4 c Molasses

1 lg Egg whites

1 tb Crystallized ginger; chopped

1 1/3 c All-purpose flour

3/4 c Toasted wheat germ

2 ts Baking soda

1 ts Ground ginger

1 ts Ground cinnamon

2 tb Granulated sugar


Directions

1. Beat brown sugar and margarine at medium speed of a mixer until light and fluffy. Add molasses and egg white; beat well. Stir in crystallized ginger. 2. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, wheat germ, baking soda, ground ginger and cinnamon. Stir into molasses mixture. Cover; freeze 20 minutes. 3. Preheat oven to 350. 4. Lightly coat hands with cooking spray. Shape the dough into 30 balls, about 1 tablespoon each. Roll the balls in the granulated sugar. Place the balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets coated with the cooking spray. Bakes at 350 for 10 minutes . Cool cookies on pans for 3 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool the cookies completely on wire racks. Yield: 2 1/2 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie). NOTES : You can omit the chopped crystallized ginger and increase the ground ginger to 1 1/2 teaspoons, if desired. Recipe by: Cooking Light 10/98 Posted to EAT-LF Digest by "William S. Grant II" <wsgrant@his.com> on Nov 02, 1998,

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