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My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies

My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies

Name: My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 5 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Unsalted butter 10 tbsp (⅔ cup); Sugar ¾ cup; Honey ⅔ cup; Large eggs 1; Vanilla extract 1 tsp; All-purpose flour 3 ½ cups; Baking soda 1 tsp; Salt ½ tsp; Ground ginger 1 tbsp; Cinnamon 1 tbsp; Ground Allspice ½ tsp; Ground cloves ½ tsp; Royal icing

delicious cookies with great flavor

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4h 5m
Serves 24
Easy
350 °F
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Ingredients

	10 tbsp (⅔ cup) Unsalted butter at room temperature
	¾ cup Sugar packed light or dark brown
	⅔ cup Honey molasses or golden syrup
	1 Large eggs at room temperature
	1 tsp Vanilla extract pure
	3 ½ cups All-purpose flour
	1 tsp Baking soda
	½ tsp Salt
	1 tbsp Ground ginger
	1 tbsp Cinnamon
	½ tsp Ground Allspice
	½ tsp Ground cloves
	Royal icing optional

Nutritional information

164

Calories

5.2g

Fat

20mg

Cholesterol

143mg

Sodium

27.5g

Carbohydrate

2.2g

Protein

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

10 tbsp (⅔ cup) Unsalted butter
at room temperature
¾ cup Sugar
packed light or dark brown
⅔ cup Honey
molasses or golden syrup
1 Large eggs
at room temperature
1 tsp Vanilla extract
pure
3 ½ cups All-purpose flour
1 tsp Baking soda
½ tsp Salt
1 tbsp Ground ginger
1 tbsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Ground Allspice
½ tsp Ground cloves
Royal icing
optional

My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies

My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies are easy and fun to make. I love to make a double batch of these and get my kids to decorate them. And they love to bring them to school on the last day before holidays to share with their teachers and friends.

This is an unusual cookie recipe because the cookie dough needs time to chill. You must chill the dough for at least 3 hours but you can leave it chilling for up to 3 days which means it’s a great cookie dough to make in advance.

To make My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

So, how to make My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies?

Steps to make My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies

1	Cream the butter, sugar and molasses	3
Beat the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment for about 1 minute until it is creamy and smooth. Add the brown sugar and molasses. Mix at medium high speed until it is creamy looking and fully combined.
2	Beat in the egg and vanilla	2
Add the egg and vanilla and mix on high speed for 2 full minutes. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula or knife as required.
3	Mix dry ingredients	2
Mix the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves together in a separate bowl until combined.
4	Mix with the wet ingredients	5
On low speed, mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
5	Divide and chill	3h
Divide the thick sticky dough in two. Place each half onto a large piece of plastic wrap. Wrap tightly and press down to create a disc shape. Refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours.
6	Heat the oven and prepare 2-3 baking sheet	10
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2-3 large baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
7	Roll out the dough	15
Roll one of the dough discs out on a large well-floured surface to ¼ inch thickness. Cut out gingerbread man shapes. Place the shapes 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Roll out all dough scraps until all the dough is used. Repeat with second disc of dough.
8	Bake the cookies	15
Bake the cookies for 9-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
9	Decorate the cookies	10
Once completely cool, decorate the cookies with royal icing or easy cookie icing.
10	Serve
Allow the icing to set, then serve with glasses of milk!

My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies are so delicious. My kids love them and I must admit that I do too! Try them soon and come back to let me know what you think in the comments.

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.