Easy to make, holiday cookies.
Gingerbread cookies
Ingredients
- 1.5 Cups Flour
- 1 tsp Ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp Ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/3 cup Softened butter
- 1/3 cup Packed brown sugar ( or make your own - see below )
- 1/4 cup Molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1.5 tsp Orange zest or 1/2 tsp orange extract ( optional - mix in with wet ingredients )
Instructions
- Whisk all the dry ingredients in a bowl, and set aside.
- On medium-low speed in a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Keep mixing and slowly add the wet ingredients.
- On low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients until mixed.
- Flatten the dough into a 1.5" thick disc and chill for 4-12 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Roll out dough to 1/4" thickness.
- Use a cookie cutter, or freehand something fun.
- Place on parchment paper on a baking sheet.
- Bake 8-10 minutes, or until the edges start turning brown.
- Let cool on the sheet for 2 minutes then move to wire racks.
- Decorate once cooled completely.
Notes
To make brown sugar, 1 cup + 1 tbsp molasses = 1 cup brown sugar. Whisk it until the molasses is completely incorporated.
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