Name: Fresh Ginger Date Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 24, 24 cookies
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: ½ cup salted butter ((one stick, or unsalted, see notes)); ½ cup molasses; ½ cup sugar; 1 egg; 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger (peeled, grated on a microplane zester (from about a 2" piece)); 1 tablespoon ground ginger; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ¼ teaspoon salt ((see notes if using unsalted butter)); 2 cups all-purpose flour ((see notes for whole grain flour)); 1 cup dried dates (pitted and chopped); ½ cup turbinado sugar (for rolling, more if needed)

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Fresh Ginger Date Cookies

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 24 · 35m total

Servings

Calories

7% of a 2,000 cal day

150KCAL

Protein

2g3% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat4g

Saturated3g

13%

Unsaturated2g

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Total Carbs27g

10%

Fiber1g

Total Sugars18g

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incl. Added Sugars14g

27%

Starch8g

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Sodium87mg

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Chewy ginger and date cookies with molasses and fresh ginger. Half the added sugar of typical cookies, sweetened by dates. Perfect for holiday gifting or anytime.

Ingredients

24 SERVINGS

½ cupsalted butter — 1 stick, or unsalted butter
½ cupmolasses
½ cupsugar
1egg
2 tbspgrated fresh ginger
1 tbspground ginger
½ tspbaking soda
¼ tspsalt
2 cupsall-purpose flour
1 cupdried dates — pitted, chopped
½ cupturbinado sugar

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Method

35m total

Read the method on Bowl of DeliciousElizabeth Lindemann’s original page

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