Ginger Cookies With Orange Glaze Food

GINGER COOKIES WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, oil, molasses, egg, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour over flour mixture; mix until a dough forms.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and arrange on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm, 8 to 9 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• Place shortening in a large microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave until melted, about 1 minute.
• Stir confectioners' sugar and orange extract into the melted shortening. Mix in milk a little at a time until glaze runs smoothly off the end of a spoon. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt. Spoon glaze over cooled cookies.

GINGERBREAD COOKIES WITH ORANGE-ALMOND ESSENCE

Steps:

• For the cookies: In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until it is airy and creamy, about 3 minutes. Add the brown sugar and molasses and beat for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula. Beat in the egg. Add the almond extract and orange zest and beat to combine.
• Add the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and turn the mixer on low. Allow to mix until the mixture comes together, about 1 minute.
• Form the mixture into 2 separate discs about 1-inch thick. Wrap each disc in plastic and store flat in the fridge for about 4 hours or up to overnight.
• When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray.
• Roll out each disc between 2 sheets of parchment paper to about 1/4-inch thick. Cut each into shapes and place on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake the cookies, rotating the baking sheets and switching their positions halfway through, until the centers are barely set, 9 to 11 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets on a rack.
• For the icing: Combine the powdered sugar and butter in a bowl and stir together with the lemon juice and half the milk. Add more milk as needed to achieve a pipeable consistency. Tint with food colorings as desired. Transfer to piping bags.
• Decorate each cookie as desired. Let set completely, about 30 minutes.

ORANGE GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Add egg and mix well.
• Add grated peel and molasses and mix again.
• Stir together dry ingredients and add to butter mixture, stirring well.
• Wrap up dough and chill for several hours or overnight.
• Roll dough very thin and cut out cookies with cookie cutters.
• Bake on greased cookie sheets at 375°F for 8 to 10 minutes.

GINGER ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients in a saucepan. Heat over medium. Bring to a boil and stir occasionally until glaze has thickened and reduced by half, about 20 to 30 minutes. May be stored in the rerigerator for up to one week.

GINGER COOKIES WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, oil, molasses, egg, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour over flour mixture; mix until a dough forms.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and arrange on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm, 8 to 9 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• Place shortening in a large microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave until melted, about 1 minute.
• Stir confectioners' sugar and orange extract into the melted shortening. Mix in milk a little at a time until glaze runs smoothly off the end of a spoon. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt. Spoon glaze over cooled cookies.