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Soft Ginger Lemon Cookies

Soft Ginger Lemon Cookies (Low Sodium Recipe)
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SODIUM COUNT: 19.4 per sandwich cookie; 583.1 mg in the entire recipe

Ingredients

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Ginger Cookies

  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 tsp sodium-free baking powder
  • ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground cloves
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter ((softened))
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 Tbsp water
  • ¼ cup molasses ((I prefer full flavor Brer Rabbit molasses))
  • Turbinado or white sugar* ((for rolling))

Lemon Cream Filling

  • 3 Tbsp butter ((softened))
  • 4 oz cream cheese ((softened))
  • 1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest ((from 1 medium lemon))
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice ((from ½ medium lemon))
  • 1 Tbsp lemon extract
  • 2 ½ cups powdered sugar ((sifted))

Instructions

Ginger Cookies

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, ginger, sodium-free baking powder, cinnamon and cloves. Set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar by beating for 1-2 minutes on medium speed. Add the egg and beat for about one more minute. Stir in the water and molasses.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, about ½ cup at a time. Stir well after each addition.
  5. Roll the cookies into small balls (about 1 teaspoon each). Roll the cookie dough balls in sugar, flatten slightly and place on baking sheet. The cookies will spread slightly, so place them about 1.5” apart.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven for about 8-10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the pan to a cooling rack.

Lemon Cream Filling

  1. Whisk together the softened cream cheese and butter. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, and lemon extract and stir well. Stir in the sifted powdered sugar about ½ cup at a time. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Assembly

  1. When the cookies have cooled completely, spread a bit of the lemon cream on the bottom of one of the cookies. Top this with another cookie, making a sandwich.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION – Yield: 30 servings
Sodium: 19.4 mg, Calories: 172.9, Total Fat: 7.2 g, Saturated Fat: 4.5 g, Cholesterol: 24.8 mg, Carbohydrates: 25.3 g, Fiber: 0.3 g, Sugar: 17.4 g, Protein: 1.5 g.

*Turbinado sugar (sugar in the raw) gives the cookies a little tiny bit of crunch. The flavor is very similar to white sugar; my preference is turbinado but use whatever you have on hand.

The cookies keep best when kept cool. If the room you are storing them in tends to be warm, you may want to keep them in the refrigerator.

Find it online: https://www.sodiumoptional.com/ginger-lemon-cookies/