_{Photo: Johnny Autry; Styling: Cindy Barr}

Ingredients

Cookies:

11 1/4 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2 1/2 cups)

1 tablespoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup golden cane syrup

2 tablespoons molasses

1 large egg

Icing:

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 teaspoons 2% reduced-fat milk

Preparation

 Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare cookies, weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, stirring mixture well with a whisk.

Place brown sugar and butter in a bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add cane syrup, molasses, and egg; beat 1 minute or until well combined. Add flour mixture, and beat on low speed 1 minute or until just combined. Gently press mixture into a disc, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes.

Divide dough in half. Roll each dough portion to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface; cut with 5-inch cutters to form 26 cookies. (Reroll scraps, as necessary.) Place cookies 1 inch apart on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool on baking sheet 5 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheet; cool completely on a wire rack.

To prepare icing, combine powdered sugar and milk, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Spoon icing into a small zip-top plastic bag. Snip a tiny hole off one corner of the bag. Pipe icing onto cookies as desired.

Yields 26

Borrowed from Cooking Light, December 2012