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Soft Baked Ginger Cookies with Pumpkin Pie Dip

While this weekend felt absolutely nothing like fall (Yesterday was in the 80’s and it’s the end of October!), these cookies taste just like it! The aroma of the spices and the pumpkin make your home feel warm and cozy (and perhaps slightly hot if you make them on an 80 degree day!).

Fortunately for us, these weren’t made when it was hot out, so we enjoyed the warmth that the cookies provided! The little ginger cookies are just the right size for dipping and make a fun dessert for company or if you are family that loves ginger cookies, for two! 🙂

My husband downed these little guys in no time. Since cookies were snitched before the pumpkin pie dip was made, we had leftover dip with no cookies. We discovered that it makes a great spread for bagels!  So, if you don’t like ginger cookies, make the dip and use it for bagels or perhaps snickerdoodles. . .yum!

Soft Baked Ginger Cookies with Pumpkin Pie Dip

Yield: 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

  • For the Cookies
  • 1/2 C butter, softened
  • 1/2 C brown sugar
  • 1/4 C sugar or granulated sugar substitute
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 C molasses
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 2 1/4 C all-purpose flour (or 1 1/4 C all-purpose and 1 C white whole wheat flour)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 C sugar, for rolling dough
  • For the Pumpkin Dip
  • 4 oz 1/3 of the fat cream cheese
  • 1 C canned pumpkin
  • 1 C confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1/4 tsp ginger
  • 1/4 tsp cloves

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Add in egg and beat until creamy. Beat in molasses and water until well-combined.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Dough will be stiff and you may need to finish combining ingredients using a wooden spoon.
  4. Roll dough into 1 – inch balls. Roll dough in sugar to coat. Place dough onto baking sheet. Press dough to indent ball slightly.
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies puff and edges start to turn light golden brown. Allow cookies to cool for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
  6. While cookies are cooling, begin preparing pumpkin dip.
  7. Cream together cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. Slowly beat in confectioner’s sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and cloves until creamy.
  8. Store leftover cookies in an air-tight container and leftover dip in the refrigerator.

 

This recipe is linked with Crazy Sweet Tuesday, I’m Lovin’ It FridayLil’ Luna Link Party, Strut Your Stuff SaturdaySweet Treats and Swanky StuffTuesday Talent Show, Weekend Potluck, What’s Shakin’ Link Party.

Tonette

Tuesday 27th of November 2012

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I was so impressed with your idea of a cookie dip that it inspired me at the last minute to whip up something of my own, with an unexpected bonus! I put a link to your site up on mine, giving you inspirational credit.

Caroline @ chocolate & carrots

Wednesday 7th of November 2012

What a lovely idea for a thanksgiving or halloween dessert! I'm going to have to add this to my list of things to make this year! :D

OishiiTreats

Thursday 1st of November 2012

yum! want could make a ginger cookie better? pumpkin pie dip! love it and can't wait to try it for myself :)

six sisters

Tuesday 30th of October 2012

Cookies and dipping...doesn't get any better than that! YUM! Thanks for linking up to our Strut Your Stuff Saturday! We hope you'll be back soon! -The Six Sisters

Heather @French Press

Friday 26th of October 2012

I love the idea of a soft baked ginger cookie -yours look amazing