- prep: 1 hr
- cook: 24 hr
- total: 25 hr
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup vegetable shortening (trans-fat-free)
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses (not blackstrap)
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 (1-pound) box confectioners sugar
- 4 teaspoons powdered egg whites (not reconstituted) such as Just Whites
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Food coloring (optional)
- Equipment: a pastry or flour-sack cloth and a cloth rolling-pin sleeve; decorative cookie cutters;a small offset spatula; pastry bags fitted with pastry tips
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 40
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 93 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 1 g 1.93%
- Saturated Fat: 0 g 1.55%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 56 mg 2.35%
- Calcium: 12 mg 1.2%
- Potassium: 73 mg 2.09%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 0 mg 2.46%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 20 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g 0.72%
- Sugar: 16 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 0.01%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat0
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs1
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq