Reduced Sugar Reduced Fat Gingerbread Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• In a big bowl. beat butter, brown sugar, egg.
• Fill a one cup measuring cup with 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses. Then continue to fill the measuring cup to the 2/3 cup mark, with honey. Add to butter, sugar and egg. Mix well.
• Grate chunk of ginger -about 2 tbsp-, then add to bowl and mix.
• Sift dry ingredients into the big bowl and mix well.
• Chill dough for 2 hours.
• Roll out 1/4-inch thick and cut into shapes. Bake 8-10 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix it all together, roll into balls, press with a fork dipped into sugar.
• Bake at 300F about 12 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Melt country crock with applesauce in microwave. Make sure "butter" is completely melted and mixed with the applesauce.
• 2. Stir in brown sugar, molasses, salt, and spices. Mix well.
• 3. Let cool til just warm and then beat in the egg.
• 4. In a separate bowl whisk together the baking soda, baking powder, and flour.
• 5. Stir flour mixture into the wet mixture until well incorporated.
• 6. Split the dough in half and wrap each tightly in plastic and refrigerate for AT LEAST an hour. The longer it refrigerated the easier it will be to work with.
• 7. When you're ready; preheat the oven to 350 and take out one half of the dough.
• 8. Put the dough on lightly floured parchment paper and lay plastic wrap on top. Roll out til about 1/8" thick.
• 9. Use floured cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment and bake for 8-12 minutes. The thickness of your cut outs will effect cook time.
• 10. Cool on pan for at least 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack or paper towels.
• 11. Once completely cooled you can decorate with sprinkles, icing, etc ***The decorations will raise the WW point value***