Date Sugar Ginger Jewels
Rolling these festive cookies in rapadura (a Brazilian unrefined cane sugar) or turbinado sugar makes the outsides sparkle and also gives the treats a sweet crunch.
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Rolling these festive cookies in rapadura (a Brazilian unrefined cane sugar) or turbinado sugar makes the outsides sparkle and also gives the treats a sweet crunch.
Ingredients
- 1 cup date sugar
- 3/4 cup (11/2 sticks) vegan margarine
- 1 large egg
- 3 Tbs. blackstrap molasses
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 1 Tbs. ground ginger
- 2 tsp. ground cinnamon, divided
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp. minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 cup rapadura or turbinado sugar
Preparation
1. Beat date sugar and margarine with electric mixer 2 to 3 minutes, or until creamy. Beat in egg, then molasses.
2. Whisk together flours, ginger, 1 tsp. cinnamon, baking soda, salt,
cloves, and nutmeg in bowl. Whisk in fresh ginger. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture. Cover, and chill 1 hour,
or overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat 2 baking sheets with coconut oil or cooking spray. Combine rapadura with remaining 1 tsp. cinnamon on small plate.
4. Roll chilled dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in cinnamon sugar, and place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, or until cookies look dry. Cool 3 to 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to wire rack.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size Makes 24 cookies
- Calories 127
- Carbohydrate Content 18 g
- Cholesterol Content 9 mg
- Fat Content 6 g
- Fiber Content 0 g
- Protein Content 1 g
- Saturated Fat Content 2 g
- Sodium Content 194 mg
- Sugar Content 10 g
- Trans Fat Content 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat Content 0 g