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Touchdown Ginger Cookies
Photo: Molly Mears

Touchdown Ginger Cookies

11 ingredients 30 min + 10 min 6 openrecipes
Touchdown Ginger Cookies

My favorite winter cookie. It’s a variation of my mother’s recipe. She always used 1/2 teaspoon cloves but I use a combination of cardamom and cloves. Yum!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

763
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
128g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cups Butter Flavored Shortening
  • 1 cup Sugar, Plus More For Rolling Cookies
  • 1 whole Egg
  • ¼ cups Molasses
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons Ginger
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • ¼ teaspoons Cloves
  • ¼ teaspoons Cardamom

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By tastykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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