Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Name: Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup Unsalted Butter (1 cup unsalted butter (softened)); 1 cup Brown Sugar (1 cup brown sugar (packed, (light or dark))); ¾ cup Molasses (3/4 cup molasses); 1 tsp Kosher Salt (1 teaspoon kosher salt); 2 tsp Cinnamon (2 teaspoons ground cinnamon); 2 tsp Ginger (2 teaspoons ground ginger); ¼ tsp Ground Cloves (1/4 teaspoon ground cloves); ¼ tsp Espresso Powder (1/4 teaspoon espresso powder); ½ tsp Vanilla (1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract); 1 piece Egg (1 large egg (room temperature)); 1 tsp Baking Powder (1 teaspoon baking powder); ½ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda (1/2 teaspoon baking soda); 3 ½ cup All-Purpose Flour (3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spoon + level)); 0 pieces Icing Sugar (confectioners' sugar (optional)) — optional

Gingerbread Cookies Recipe - Dessert (American)

20 minAmerican

Servings36

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Steps

1Make the Gingerbread:
2Cream together butter and brown sugar until fluffy, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add in molasses and mix until well-combined. Mix in the salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, espresso powder, vanilla and the egg until well-combined.
3Whisk together baking powder and baking soda into the flour and then slowly stir these dry ingredients into the molasses mixture.
4Divide the dough in half, and wrap well. Refrigerate for 1 hour up to overnight.
5Roll the Dough:
6Preheat your oven to 350° F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat.
7Once the dough has chilled, take one piece of dough out of the refrigerator. Roll the dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Note: You can use dust the worksurface and rolling pin with confectioner's sugar under to keep the dough from sticking.
8Cut out the Gingerbread Cookies:
9Cut out shapes with cookie cutters and place onto prepared baking sheets.
10Bake and Decorate the Gingerbread Cookies:
11Bake gingerbread cookies until they are lightly browned along the edges, about 12 minutes, or until they feel firm. Let the cookies cool completely before decorating, if desired.