Quick Weight Watchers Ginger Spice Cookies Recipe
Quick Weight Watchers Ginger Spice Cookies Recipe offers a blend of both simplicity and sophisticated flavor.
Crafted from staples like brown sugar and butter, elevated by spices such as ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, each cookie is a nuanced treat.
These quick and easy cookies are a great Christmas or Holiday cookie, or a Fall day.
Weight Watchers Points
3 Points (2022/2023 Plan)
MyWW Points: 2 Blue Plan and 3 Green Plan
2 WW Freestyle Points and 3 Smart Points
Tips and Tricks
Measuring Flour
Use a Kitchen Scale
For precise measurements, use a kitchen scale to weigh your flour. This ensures accuracy and consistency in your baking.
Softening Butter
Quick Softening Tip
If you forgot to soften your butter, cut it into small cubes and let it sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes. It will soften more quickly and be ready to use.
Mixing Dough
Don’t Overmix
When combining the wet and dry ingredients, mix just until everything is incorporated. Overmixing can result in tough cookies.
Shaping Cookies
Even Cookie Sizes
To ensure even baking, use a cookie scoop to portion out the dough. This helps each cookie bake at the same rate, resulting in a uniform batch.
Cooling Cookies
Use a Wire Rack
Allowing cookies to cool on a wire rack helps them cool evenly and prevents them from becoming soggy on the bottom.
Storage
Keep Cookies Fresh
Store your cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. If you want to keep them soft, add a slice of bread to the container—the cookies will absorb moisture from the bread and stay soft longer.
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Weight Watchers Ginger Spice Cookies
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups whole wheat pastry flour 8.75 ounces
- 1½ teaspoon ground cinnamon divided
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅜ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- 6 tablespoon unsalted butter softened
- 1 tablespoon ginger root peeled and grated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large eggs
- 2 tablespoon powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Make sure one oven rack is in the top third and another is in the lower third of the oven.
- In a large mixing bowl, add brown sugar and butter.
- Use a mixer on medium-high speed to beat them together until well blended. This should take about 2 minutes.
- To the same large bowl, add ginger, vanilla, and an egg.
- Beat these new ingredients until they're well combined with the sugar and butter.
- Now add the dry flour mixture to the large bowl.
- Beat everything at low speed just until it's all combined.
- Using a 2-teaspoon scoop, place the dough on the lined baking sheets. Make sure each scoop is about 1 inch apart.
- Flatten each dough ball to a ½-inch thickness using the bottom of a glass.
- Place the baking sheets in the oven and bake for about 10 minutes, or until the cookies are set and just starting to brown at the bottom.
- After baking, move the cookies to a wire rack to cool off.
- In a small bowl, mix together the remaining ½ teaspoon of cinnamon and confectioners’ sugar.
- Sprinkle this sugar mixture evenly over the cooled cookies.
Notes
Nutrition
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