{"id":41131,"date":"2013-07-02T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/soft-ginger-cookies-with-orange-glaze\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:02:45","slug":"soft-ginger-cookies-with-orange-glaze","status":"publish","type":"cuisine-recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/soft-ginger-cookies-with-orange-glaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft Ginger Cookies with Orange Glaze Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">INGREDIENTS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">1 cup buttermilk<br \/>  2 teaspoons baking soda<br \/>  &frac34; cup vegetable oil<br \/>  1 cup sugar<br \/>  1 cup dark molasses<br \/>  2 eggs<br \/>  3 &frac34; cup all purpose flour<br \/>  1 teaspoon salt<br \/>  2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon<br \/>  1 teaspoon ginger<br \/>  1 teaspoon grated nutmeg<br \/>  &frac12; teaspoon ground allspice<br \/>  &frac12; teaspoon ground cloves<br \/>  Glaze (see below)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">PREPARATION<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">In a small bowl combine buttermilk and baking soda, set aside.&nbsp; They will foam up.&nbsp; In a larger bowl combine oil, sugar, molasses and eggs and beat until well mixed (about 1 minute).&nbsp; Add the buttermilk mixture and blend.&nbsp; Sift together dry ingredients.&nbsp; Slowly add dry ingredients to wet mixture.&nbsp; Let mixture stand 15 minutes.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; <span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Preheat oven to 325 degrees.&nbsp; Drop batter by heaping tablespoons onto oiled cookie sheet.&nbsp; Bake 8 to 9 minutes until the top springs back when touched with your finger.&nbsp; Do not over bake.&nbsp; The cookies should be quite soft<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><strong>Glaze<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">2 cup plus 1 tablespoon confectioner&rsquo;s sugar<br \/>  1 tablespoon butter (very soft)<br \/>  &frac14; cup <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/honeybells-and-ruby-red-grapefruit\/p\/honeybellsandrubyredgrapefruit\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">orange juice<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>  2 teaspoon vanilla extract<br \/>  Dash of salt<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Combine glaze ingredients.&nbsp; Remove cookies to wax paper lined wire rack.&nbsp; Frost while warm with &frac12; teaspoon of glaze for each cookie.&nbsp; Let cool completely.&nbsp; Transfer to trays and place in freezer to completely set if necessary or freeze for storage.&nbsp; Once frozen; pack in tins in single layers separated by wax<br \/>  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[44],"cuisine-recipe-category":[55],"cuisine-recipe-course":[],"cuisine-recipe-cuisine":[],"class_list":["post-41131","cuisine-recipe","type-cuisine-recipe","status-publish","hentry","tag-navel-oranges","cuisine-recipe-category-desserts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe\/41131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cuisine-recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41131"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-category?post=41131"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-course?post=41131"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-cuisine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-cuisine?post=41131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}