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Active Time:50 minsTotal Time:2 hrs 30 minsServings:18Jump to Nutrition Facts

Active Time:50 minsTotal Time:2 hrs 30 minsServings:18

Active Time:50 mins

Active Time:

50 mins

Total Time:2 hrs 30 mins

Total Time:

2 hrs 30 mins

Servings:18

Servings:

18

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Cook Mode(Keep screen awake)Ingredients¾cupunsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), at room temperature⅔cuplightly packed brown sugar½cupcorn syrup¼cupmolasses1tablespoonground ginger1teaspoonground nutmeg½teaspoonground clovesPinch of kosher salt2cupsall-purpose flour1 ½cupswhole-wheat pastry flour

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Ingredients

¾cupunsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), at room temperature

⅔cuplightly packed brown sugar

½cupcorn syrup

¼cupmolasses

1tablespoonground ginger

1teaspoonground nutmeg

½teaspoonground cloves

Pinch of kosher salt

2cupsall-purpose flour

1 ½cupswhole-wheat pastry flour

DirectionsCombine butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and molasses in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat with an electric mixer (or the stand mixer) until creamy. Add ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt; beat until smooth. Add all-purpose flour and pastry flour; beat to combine. Divide the dough in half and press it flat. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.Preheat oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface until 1/2 inch thick. Press a pine cone cookie mold firmly onto the dough (press hard to get a good impression). Lift the mold off and cut out the pine cone shape. Carefully place it on one of the prepared pans. Reroll the dough scraps and continue molding and cutting out cookies until all the dough is used. Bake until just beginning to brown along the edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.When the cookies are cool, stand them almost upright and sift confectioners' sugar over them so the parts of the cookie that stick out catch the “snow.” Cool, right?EquipmentParchment paper, pine cone cookie moldOriginally appeared: EatingWell.com, December 2022

Directions

Combine butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and molasses in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat with an electric mixer (or the stand mixer) until creamy. Add ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt; beat until smooth. Add all-purpose flour and pastry flour; beat to combine. Divide the dough in half and press it flat. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.Preheat oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface until 1/2 inch thick. Press a pine cone cookie mold firmly onto the dough (press hard to get a good impression). Lift the mold off and cut out the pine cone shape. Carefully place it on one of the prepared pans. Reroll the dough scraps and continue molding and cutting out cookies until all the dough is used. Bake until just beginning to brown along the edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.When the cookies are cool, stand them almost upright and sift confectioners' sugar over them so the parts of the cookie that stick out catch the “snow.” Cool, right?EquipmentParchment paper, pine cone cookie mold

Combine butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and molasses in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat with an electric mixer (or the stand mixer) until creamy. Add ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt; beat until smooth. Add all-purpose flour and pastry flour; beat to combine. Divide the dough in half and press it flat. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface until 1/2 inch thick. Press a pine cone cookie mold firmly onto the dough (press hard to get a good impression). Lift the mold off and cut out the pine cone shape. Carefully place it on one of the prepared pans. Reroll the dough scraps and continue molding and cutting out cookies until all the dough is used. Bake until just beginning to brown along the edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

When the cookies are cool, stand them almost upright and sift confectioners' sugar over them so the parts of the cookie that stick out catch the “snow.” Cool, right?

Equipment

Parchment paper, pine cone cookie mold

Originally appeared: EatingWell.com, December 2022

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Nutrition Facts(per serving)249Calories8gFat42gCarbs3gProtein

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

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