orange gingerbread cookies

Orange Gingerbread Cookies
These ginger and orange-flavored cookies, rich in spices and topped with the sugary
icing will definitely remind you of Christmas.

Yields: Makes about 12-18 cookies

Ingredients:

For the cookies:

• 1 3/4 cups Flour
• 1/3 cup Mild Molasses
• 1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
• 1 large Egg
• 1/8 tsp Sea Salt
• 1/8 tsp Ground Cloves
• 1/2 tsp Freshly Grated Nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 1/4 tsp Ground Ginger
• Zest of 1 Orange

For the icing:

• 1 cups Icing Sugar
• 1/8 tsp Cream of Tartar
• 1 tsp Powdered Egg Whites
• 1 tsp Water

Method of preparation:

To prepare the cookies:

1. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and

cloves.

2. In another bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer.

Add the egg and mix until blended. Add the orange zest and molasses and

mix until smooth.

3. Slowly add the dry ingredient mixture and mix on low speed until the dough

has become sticky and stiff.

4. Roll the dough into a 1-inch thick log. Wrap with a piece of cling film and

place in the fridge for 2 hours.