Gingersnap Cream Cookie Cups Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flours, sugar, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, combine the egg, oil, applesauce and molasses; add to dry ingredients. Stir until dough forms a ball. Roll into 1-in. balls. Press onto the bottoms and up the sides of miniature muffin cups greased with cooking spray., Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth; fold in whipped cream. Spoon 2 teaspoons into each cup.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, beat cookie ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds or until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Mix with hands until soft dough forms.
• On lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. (If dough is too sticky to roll out, cover and refrigerate 15 minutes.) Cut with floured 1 3/4-inch fluted cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts 2 inches apart.
• Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
• In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter, the powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. For each sandwich cookie, spread slightly less than 1 tablespoon filling on bottom of 1 cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press together. Sprinkle crystallized ginger on edges of filling.