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Ginger Meltaways

Teresa Ambra
Ginger Meltaways are so mouthwatering and irresistible. These delicious cookies start with a Melt-In-Your-Mouth cookie dough. Crystalized ginger and vanilla chips are added to the dough. These cookies are soft and chewy and will surely cure any sweet tooth craving. If you're looking for a delightful holiday cookie to bake, these will take your breath away.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 78
Calories 126 kcal

Equipment

  • 4 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 spatula
  • 1 sharp knife to chop crystalized ginger into tiny pieces

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup canola oil or use coconut oil or avocado oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. real vanilla extract
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • 1 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 5 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 8 oz. container Paradise crystalized ginger chopped
  • 12 oz. pkg. vanilla chips or white baking chips

Instructions
 

  • Mix butter, oil, eggs, vanilla, sugars, salt, cream of tartar, and baking soda with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Stir in flour, crystalized ginger, and vanilla chips with a wooden spoon.
  • Stir thoroughly until very well combined; this may take 4-5 minutes.
  • Roll dough into balls and place on cookie sheets sprayed with cooking spray.
  • Chill cookie sheets with cookie dough in refrigerator one hour.
  • Bake at 350° for about 12-14 minutes or until done.
  • Rotate cookie sheets on racks every six minutes of baking time.
  • Cool completely.

Notes

NOTE: If you have to chill the cookie dough balls for more than one hour, you will have to press the cookies down with a fork in criss-cross fashion. Otherwise the cookies will not spread.
 
NOTE: I had to refrigerate the dough for several hours before I could bake the cookies. I set the dough out about 30-40 minutes before rolling into balls. Then I baked without refrigerating the dough a second time.
 
Crystalized Ginger provided courtesy of Paradise Candied Fruit.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 126kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 49mgPotassium: 34mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 81IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 11mgIron: 0.4mg
Keyword cookie, dessert, vanilla chips
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