Elaine's Lemon Frosted Ginger Cookies

Name: Elaine's Lemon Frosted Ginger Cookies
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 3 dozen, 36 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup molasses; 1 egg; 2 1/2 cups flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger; 1/2 cup buttermilk; 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1 lemon, juice and zest of, grated

Submitted by Acerast

"Ginger cookies with a sweet-tart lemon glaze. What could be tastier? My mother-in-law originally found this recipe in the Chicago Tribune. I'm glad she did. (These require chilling time so plan ahead)."

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photo by Kitchen Ninja

Ready In:: 2hrs 40mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 3 dozen
Serves:: 36

ingredients

Cookies
¹⁄₂ cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
¹⁄₂ cup brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup molasses
1 egg
2 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cinnamon
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons ginger
¹⁄₂ cup buttermilk
Glaze
1 ¹⁄₂ cups confectioners' sugar
1 lemon, juice and zest of, grated

directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Add molasses and egg and beat well.
In another bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ginger.
Mix sifted ingredients into butter mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Cover dough and chill for about 2 hours for easier handling.
On lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
Cut into 2-3 inch circles with cookie cutter.
Lightly grease baking sheet.
Bake at 375F for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool on cookie rack.
For glaze, blend together confectioner's sugar, lemon juice and rind.
Spread thinly over warm cookies; cool.

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Reviews

Not really suitable for rolling. I refrigerated them for 3 hours and used a ton of extra flour and did manage to roll them, but there was no way they were coming up in one piece. Dough is just too soft and sticky. I gave up on rolling and baked them as drop cookies. Good flavor, very strong molasses taste. They pufffed up a lot and had more of a cake texture than a cookie texture. They were like little individual gingerbread cakes. Good, but not what I was wanting or expecting.

Kitchen Ninja
Oh Wow!!! Yummmmmmmm!!!! I wasn't sure, cuz the cookies looked kinda dry when they came out of the oven, but they're not! Especially with the lemon glaze! I did have to use a lot of additional flour for rolling, cuz the dough is VERY sticky, but other than that, I made just as written!

Charmie777