Braces Friendly Recipe: Week 4

Happy Tuesday everyone! We hope everyone is having a great week so far. 

In the spirit of the holiday season, we decided that for the month of December we are going to post cookie and dessert recipes.

This recipe is from Pamela and Brenda Waterman's "The Braces Cookbook" (pg 75).

Soft Ginger Shapes

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup shortening

1.2 cup molasses

1/4 cup water

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon ginger

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Extra flour (about 1/4 cup) for rolling and cutting

Rolling pin and cookie cutters

(optional: prepared frosting)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

In a large bowl, combine sugar, shortening, molasses and water, using an electric mixer and beating until creamy. Mix in salt, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg and flour; dough will be stiff. Divide the dough into two mounds, wrap each in waxed paper or sealed containers, and chill them for at least one hour.

Set up a smooth, clean surface (counter or cutting board) and dust it with flour. Put one of the chilled dough mounds in the center, and sprinkle it with more flour. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough until it is about 1/4-inch thick, then cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Be sure to roll out and reuse the scraps until all the dough has been shaped.

Slide cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 7 minutes at 375 degrees. If desired, decorate the cookies with frosting. Store in covered container. If they start to harden up, place a fresh slice of bread in the container and reseal it.

We hope everyone enjoys this week's recipe. As always, if you have a recipe that you'd like to see featured on our blog email Januari at januari@dunayortho.com. You can also email us pictures of the finished products of any of our featured recipes.