Gingerbread Kisses Recipes

Steps:

• Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in egg and molasses. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and spices; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, until firm enough to shape, about 4 hours., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into sixty 1-in. balls; roll in sugar. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes., Press a chocolate kiss immediately into the center of each cookie. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving.

Steps:

• 1. In a bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Sift or mix till well incorporated. Set aside.
• 2. In your stand up mixer or bowl with hand mixer, cream sugar and butter till light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time till well incorporated. Then finely add your molasses, beat well. Add your dry ingredients slowly till nice dough forms. Wrap your dough in plastic wrap and refridgerate for 1/2 hr.
• 3. As dough is chilling, make your filling. In a small bowl, add your blueberry preserves, your cinnamon and finally your chopped walnuts, set aside.
• 4. Preheat oven to 350F. Remove chilled dough from the refridgerator, using a small cookie scoop, scoop out uniform size balls of dough. Place on cookie sheet. When all cookie balls have been placed, go back and make cookies into nice balls. Using your thumb, indent a thumbprint onto the middle of the cookie. If dough cracks, just work it over and smooth it.
• 5. Add your sugarplum filling (aka, your blueberry, walnut, cinnamon). Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven, and let sit on cookie sheet for about 1 minute to ensure easier handling. Place cookies on cooling rack to cool.
• 6. As cookies are cooling, make your lemon cream cheese filling. In your mixer bowl, add your butter, cream cheese. Beat till light and fluffy. Add your sugar, vanilla and beat till thoroughly incorporated. Finally add your grated lemon zest. Spoon frosting into a pastry bag using a star tip, or a ziplock bag if needed. Pipe frosting over cookies right onto the cooling rack. Let sit overnight to ensure frosting has hardened. Enjoy!!