Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, gingerbread cookies. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This classic cut-out gingerbread cookie recipe is easy to make, perfect for decorating, and always so delicious. Gingerbread cookie recipes all start the same and mine comes from my mom. To her recipe, I add a little more molasses and increase the amount of spice favors.
Gingerbread cookies is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Gingerbread cookies is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gingerbread cookies using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread cookies:
- Make ready 3 cup all purpose flour
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Get 3/4 tsp baking soda
- Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
- Take 1 tbsp ground ginger
- Take 1 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get 1/4 tsp ground cloved
- Prepare 6 tbsp unsalted butter
- Take 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- Get 1 large egg
- Prepare 1/2 cup molasses
- Prepare 2 tsp vanilla extract
While there is quite a bit of prep work involved in making. These Gingerbread Cookies are soft, chewy and full of spices and molasses! They are simple to make and perfect for decorating! This is my very favorite gingerbread cookie recipe.
Instructions to make Gingerbread cookies:
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Prepare baking sheets by spraying with cooking spray or lining with parchment paper
- In small bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves until well blended.
- In a large bowl beat butter, brown sugar and egg on medium speed until well blended.
- Gradually stir in dry ingredients until blended and smooth
- Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours
- Place one portion of dough on a lightly floured surface
- Sprinkle flour over dough and rolling pin
- Roll dough to scant 1/4 inch thick
- Cut out cookies with desired cookie cutter
- Space cookies 1 1/2 inches apart
- Bake for 7 to 10 minutes. The lower time will give softer cookies
- After cookies cool you can decorate them any way you like.
The dough is so firm and nice to work with and is so wonderful smelling that it is almost like a stress reliever. These disappear in lightning speed in my. Whether or not you actually like gingerbread cookies is kinda irrelevant. You make them every single year because they make people happy. And because they're so damn adorable.
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