Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup corn oil,
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 1/3 cup white sugar or brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 cup light molasses
- 1/8 cup non-dairy milk, or milk mixed, with 1 Tblsp cornstarch
- 1 Tblsp lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- Raisins and dried cranberries for decorating
- OR candies, sprinkles, and glaze for decorating
Glaze Ingredients:
- 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 2-4 Tbsp almond milk or dairy milk
- 1/2 tsp almond or lemon extract or 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
- Beat butter and oil with sugar
- Scrape down sides of the bowl
- Beat in molasses, milk, and lemon juice
- Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and spices and stir into the butter mixture
- Divide dough into two discs, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1/2 an hour
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- Between two sheets of waxed paper roll each disc one at a time to 1/8 in thickness
- Cut cookies into desired shape
- If decorating with dried fruit, make eyes, and buttons with the raisins and mouths with the dried cranberries, pressing them gently into the unbaked dough
- Place cookies one inch apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake 5-7 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges
- Cool the cookies completely on a rack. If there are any broken or overbaked cookies, hide the evidence by eating them immediately
- If decorating with glaze and cookies, mix glaze ingredients, adding almond milk one Tbsp at a time until the glaze is just thick enough to spread but not thin enough to be runny
- Spread glaze on cookies and decorate as simply or elaborately as you desire
- Allow glaze to dry completely before offering to Radha Krsna via Srila Prabhupada. Jaya!
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