Holiday Spice Cut-Out Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup "I can't Believe It's Not Butter" baking blend
• 1/2 Cup organic can sugar
• 1/4 Cup Molasses
• 1/4 Cup Orange Juice
• 1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
• 2 tsp ginger, ground
• 1 tsp allspice
• 3 Cups whole wheat flour

Creamy Decorator's Frosting:

• 1 Cup Powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1-2 Tbsp Skim milk
• Few drops of food coloring, as desired

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1. Beat the butter blend using a mixer until softened. Add sugar and beat until smooth.
2. Add molasses and orange juice and blend.
3. Mix the flour with the spices and then add the wet mixture. Store until dough is formed.
4. You may roll out dough at this point, but the whole wheat flour will absorb the liquid from the orange juice and blend the flavors better if let to chill for 30 minutes
5. Divide the dough in half and roll one half to 1/8inch thickness. Flour the cutter and cut out the cookies. Place on cookie sheet that has been lined with parchment paper or use silicone baking sheet liners. These will not spread much so they can be placed about 1/2inch apart.
6. In order to assure a more evenly baked cookie, place one cookie sheet on the upper third of the oven rack and the other cookie sheets front to back. Bake another 5 minutes. Cool on rack. Be sure to cool completely before decorating.

Yields: 5 dozen 2 2/2 inch cut-out cookies

For the frosting:

Mix all ingredients in small bowl until the mixture is smooth and easy to spread. Add more milk if needed.

Nutritional Information:

• Fat: 3.1g
• Carbohydrates; 9.4g
• Calories: 66.9
• Protein: 0.9g