"Deserts from Canyon Ranch" [Geddit?]

OK, so this happened a long time ago, so I am not entirely sure what happened.  But basically, we had to make something from the Canyon Ranch dessert cookbook.  Here we faced two obvious problems: one, we hate desserts, and two, everything from Canyon Ranch is supposed to be healthy.  "Healthy Desserts"?  That sounds suspiciously like an oxymoron.  But we pressed ahead, and chose to do 'Triple Ginger Cookies':

First, I prepared one of the ginger ingredients, the minced fresh ginger:

Then I minced some crystallized ginger too:

There might be some powdered ginger too in the lefthand receptacle but it's hard to tell

Meanwhile, Katherine was measuring out some cream cheese:

This was being added to butter, cream cheese, brown sugar, egg yolk, and molasses:

Cream everything together:

 Then roast potatoes:

This was a long time ago.  I'm still trying to fit all the pieces together.

 The cookie mixture eventually becomes nice and sticky:

Add flour and baking soda:

 Finally, add the three gingers:

Mix together to arrive at the final cookie mixture:

Next, spoon the mixture out into attractive lumps on the baking tray:

We had no idea how they were going to look when they came out.  To our surprise, they came out perfect:

They were delicious: very soft, very chewy, and very tangy.  And very healthy, with only a cup and a half of brown sugar and 1/3 cup of molasses, and 1/3 cup of butter, and...

In an amazing culinary feat, at the very same time as we were making the cookies, we were making a recipe from 'French Home Cooking'... See the next entry!