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Simple Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

This fantastic and traditional recipe is great if you want to spend quality time with your love ones. it is a simple gingerbread cookie recipe that you can do at anytime, especially during cold days to enjoy with a hot chocolate.

  • Author: Beatriz Garcia
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 9 minutes
  • Total Time: 29 minutes
  • Yield: 24-30 cookies
  • Cuisine: Dessert

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

  • 3 1/4 cups flour

  • 3/4 teaspoons baking soda

  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger

  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter

  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar

  • 3/4 cup molasses

  • 1 large egg

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Icing:

  • 2 cups powdered sugar

  • 2-3 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Whisk the Dry Ingredients

In a large bowl, add your flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Whisk to combine and set aside.

 Mix the Wet Ingredients

In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, add the softened butter and beat at a high speed for about 1 minute until it’s light and fluffy.

Add the brown sugar and molasses and mix for another 30 seconds.

Add the egg and vanilla extract and keep the mixer on medium speed for 1-2 minutes until everything is fully incorporated.

 Combine the Wet and Dry Ingredients

With the mixer on low, scoop in the flour mixture about ½ cup at a time until it’s all been incorporated. The dough will be pretty sticky, that’s perfect.

Transfer to Plastic Wrap and Chill

Split the dough into two equal parts and shape them into discs, covering them with plastic wrap. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours and up to overnight.

Roll the Chilled Dough

 Unwrap one disc and place it between two sheets of parchment paper. Roll from the middle to the edges until the dough is about ¼ inch thick.

 Preheat your oven to 350°F (177°C).

 Cut the Cute Gingerbread Cookies

Use your favorite cookie cutters to cut gingerbread men or any shapes you choose. Roll any unused dough back to ¼ inch thickness and continue to cut until you have used up all the dough.

Repeat with the second disc of dough while the first batch is baking.

 Bake the Gingerbread Men

Place your cut cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake at 350°F (177°C) for 9-10 minutes.

Remove the cookies from the baking sheet and set them on a wire rack to cool completely.

 Make the Icing

Add 2 cups of powdered sugar to a medium-sized bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of milk, I find that whole milk works best, and stir it to combine. Adjust the consistency of the icing by adding more milk or more sugar as needed.

Pipe Icing Onto Cooled Cookies

Once the cookies have cooled completely, you can add the icing. I like to give my kids the icing in a bowl with a spoon to decorate their cookies.

 put my icing into a small zip-top bag with a corner cut to create a homemade piping bag. I pipe the icing onto the cookies to decorate them.

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