Gingerbread Stars

Move over, plain gingerbread cookies! These Gingergread Stars are tasty and a beautiful addition to the cookie plate, too.

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Prep Time 50 min
Total Time 1 hr 35 min

Ingredients

1: roll (30 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated gingerbread cookies

2: cups white vanilla baking chips

2: tablespoons shortening

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Remove half of cookie dough from wrapper; refrigerate remaining dough until needed.
2 Sprinkle about 1/4 cup of flour onto work surface; coat sides of half of dough with flour. With rolling pin, roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness, adding additional flour as needed to prevent sticking.
3 With floured 3-inch star-shaped cookie cutter, cut out dough stars. Gently brush excess flour from stars; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining half of dough.
4 Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
5 In 1-quart saucepan, heat baking chips and 2 tablespoons shortening over low heat about 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chips are melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Dip half of each cookie into vanilla coating, allowing excess to drip off. Place cookies on waxed paper-lined cookie sheet; refrigerate until vanilla coating is set, about 30 minutes.

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Expert Tips

To melt the baking chips in the microwave, place them in small microwavable bowl with the shortening. Microwave uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds, until melted. If the mixture starts to firm up while dipping the cookies, simply microwave 10 to 15 seconds to melt again.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 140
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%;
Sodium: 20mg; 20%;
Total Carbohydrate: 17g; 17%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 0g 0% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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sherih1961

report Posted Feb. 26, 2013 12:04 PM

This was very easy & a real big hit at the church cookie event! I had to make it again for the family Christmas party. I'll be making these again!

cptjj19

report Posted Dec. 23, 2011 1:34 PM

VERY good and pretty. They are easy to make and taste delicious.

hotpinkm

report Posted Nov. 30, 2010 3:01 PM

These taste fantastic and look so elegant. They made great teacher gifts last year. The teachers begged for the recipe in their thank you notes. The vanilla chips really taste great with the gingerbread.