Chewy Spice Cookies

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Title: Chewy Spice Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 6 servings

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1 c Sugar
1 c Molasses
1/4 c Applesauce
1/4 c Skim milk
2 tb Vegetable oil
1 ts Rum flavoring
3 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 1/2 ts Ground ginger
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Ground cloves
1/2 ts Ground nutmeg
1/4 ts Ground allspice
1/8 ts Salt
Vegetable cooking spray
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4 c Sifted confectioners sugar
4 tb Skim milk
1 ts Skim milk
2 tb Lemon juice
2 tb Grated lemon zest

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. For cookies, beat sugar, molasses,
applesauce, milk, oil and rum flavoring in a large bowl until
will-blended. In a medium bowl, combine flour, ginger, baking soda,
cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and salt. Add dry ingredients, on third at
a time, to sugar mixture; stir until a soft dough forms. Spray hands
with cooking spray. Shape teaspoonsful of dough into balls and
flatten slightly with fingers. place 2 inches apart on a baking
sheet lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or
until bottoms are lightly browned. Transfer cookies to a wire rack
with waxed paper underneath to cool.

For icing, combine all ingredients in a medium bowl; stir until
smooth. ice cookies. Allow icing to harden. Store in an airtight
container.

1 serving (1 cookie): 70 calories, 0.5 gram fat, 0.7 gram protein, 16
grams carbohydrate.

Source: "The Cookie Jar"

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