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Soft Ginger Cookies with Honey Cream Cheese Filling

Absolutely magic spicy soft fluffy ginger cookies with unforgettable cream cheese filling
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • 1 mixer
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 small mixing bowl
  • 1 cookie scoop optional
  • measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 C butter
  • 1/2 C brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/3 C milk
  • 1 tsp orange or lemon juice optional
  • 2 1/2 C Flour white or half and half with whole wheat
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1/4 tsp cloves
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 C granulated sugar for rolling the dough in

Honey Cream Cheese Filling

  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 2 TBSP honey
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp lemon extract
  • 1 1/2 C powdered sugar more or less for desired thickness

Instructions
 

Soft Ginger Cookies

  • In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar
  • Beat in egg and molasses
  • Add dry ingredients, alternating with milk (dough is sticky)
  • Using a cookie scoop or spoon, drop balls of dough into the granulated sugar and roll until covered
  • Place on cookie sheet and bake 7-9 min at 350F. Cool before filling.

Honey Cream Cheese Filling

  • Blend cream cheese and honey until well mixed and creamy
  • Add vanilla and lemon extract
  • Mix in powdered sugar to desired thickness/taste
  • Add a layer of thick honey cream cheese filling between two cooled cookies