Gingersnap-Cream Cookie Cups
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
36
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Ingredients for - Gingersnap-Cream Cookie Cups

1. Canola oil - 1 cup
2. Molasses - ½ cup
3. Eggs - 2
4. Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
5. All-purpose flour - 2 cups
6. White sugar - 1 ½ cups
7. Ground ginger - 1 tablespoon
8. Baking soda - 2 teaspoons
9. Ground cinnamon - 2 teaspoons
10. Salt - 1 teaspoon
11. Neufchatel cheese, softened - 1 (8 ounce) package
12. Confectioners' sugar - 1 cup
13. Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons
14. Heavy cream, whipped - 1 cup
15. Fresh mint leaves, or as desired - 1 small bunch

How to cook deliciously - Gingersnap-Cream Cookie Cups

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 36 mini muffin cups.

2. Stage

Combine oil, molasses, and eggs in a large bowl.

3. Stage

Combine whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir into egg mixture until well combined.

4. Stage

Roll cookie dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place balls into the prepared muffin cups. Press dough up the sides of the cups using your fingers or a wooden spoon handle.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until no longer doughy but still soft and edges are set, 10 to 15 minutes.

6. Stage

Remove from the oven. Gently reform the holes in each cookie cup using a wooden spoon handle. Let cool for 2 minutes. Remove cookie cups from the pans and transfer to wire racks to cool completely, 15 to 30 minutes.

7. Stage

Beat Neufchatel cheese in a medium bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract. Gently fold in whipped cream.

8. Stage

Spoon filling into a pastry bag; pipe into each cooled cookie cup. Garnish each cookie cup with a mint sprig.