Orange-Ginger Creams

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In Britain, erstwhile cookies are called "creams" it usually signals the beingness of a buttercream filling. Sure enough, successful this English-Scotch recipe, bright-tasting ginger- and orange-flavored cookies are paired with a rich, not-too-sweet orangish buttercream.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 30 two and 1/2-inch sandwich cookies

For the cookies

3 1/2 cups all-purpose oregon unbleached achromatic flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 spoon baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons crushed ginger
3/4 spoon crushed cinnamon
1/2 spoon freshly grated nutmeg
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, somewhat softened, positive much for greasing the glass
3/4 cupful granulated sugar, positive 3 tablespoons for forming the cookies
3/4 cupful airy brownish sugar
3 ample ovum yolks
2 tablespoons acheronian molasses
Very finely grated zest of 1 ample orange
Very finely grated zest of 1 ample lemon

For the filling

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, somewhat softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
Very finely grated zest of 2 ample oranges

Nutritional Facts

Per cookie

Calories
220
Fat
10 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
31 g
Sodium
35 mg
Cholesterol
45 mg
Protein
2 g
Sugar
18 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The International Cookie Cookbook," by Nancy Baggett (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1988).

Tested by Jane Touzalin.

Published December 11, 2012

Updated March 14, 2026