Looking for a delicious gingerbread cookie that’s made using Pillsbury™ cookie dough? Stir up these easy cookies that are drizzled with vanilla chip icing.
Vanilla Chip Gingerbread Cookies
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 2 tablespoons mild molasses
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup white vanilla baking chips
- 1 teaspoon oil
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F.
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Step2In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Add molasses and egg; stir until blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH EGG.) Add flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and 1/2 cup of the baking chips; mix with spoon or hands until well blended.
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Step3On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
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Step4Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are set (cookies will be soft in center). Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step5In small microwavable bowl, microwave remaining 1/2 cup baking chips and the oil uncovered on High 45 seconds to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Let stand about 5 minutes or until set.
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Nutrition
140
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
20g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 140
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 85mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 20g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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