American cuisine

Medium

Gingerbread Cookies

Name: Gingerbread Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 hr 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Gingerbread Cookies; [Wet Ingredients]; 4 oz. Unsalted room-temperature butter; 3/4 cup Dark brown sugar; 1 large Egg; 1 tsp. Vanilla extract; 1/2 cup Molasses; 1 tbsp. Grated ginger; [Dry Ingredients]; 3½ cup All-purpose flour; 2 tsp. Cinnamon powder; 3/4 tsp. Baking soda; 1/2 tsp. Salt; 1/4 tsp. Nutmeg powder; 2 tbsp. All-purpose flour; Royal Icing; 3⅓ cup Powdered sugar; 2 tbsp. Meringue powder; 3/8 cup Coldwater; Garnish; 1 tbsp. Sugar

Chef Eve Bergazyn

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Gingerbread cookies with a snap will fill your home with aromas of festive spice. Hand cutting into seasonal shapes is a fun activity with your family, young or old, and when you take a bite you’ll crunch into the best gingerbread man ever. Happy Christmas!

Recipe

PRE TIME: 30 min

COOKING TIME: 1 hr 30 min

TOTAL TIME: 2 hr

2 SERVING

Ingredients:

Gingerbread Cookies
[Wet Ingredients]
4 oz. Unsalted room-temperature butter
3/4 cup Dark brown sugar
1 large Egg
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
1/2 cup Molasses
1 tbsp. Grated ginger
[Dry Ingredients]
3½ cup All-purpose flour
2 tsp. Cinnamon powder
3/4 tsp. Baking soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Nutmeg powder
2 tbsp. All-purpose flour
Royal Icing
3⅓ cup Powdered sugar
2 tbsp. Meringue powder
3/8 cup Coldwater
Garnish
1 tbsp. Sugar

Directions:

Step 1ㅤ

【Gingerbread Cookies】Cream butter and sugar using the paddle attachment on a stand mixer.

Step 2

Add egg, vanilla, molasses, and freshly grated ginger, and beat until smooth.

Step 3

Whisk together dry ingredients, then mix into the dough just until incorporated.

Step 4

Shape into a disk and chill a minimum of 20 minutes.

Step 5

Sprinkle flour on a sheet of parchment, then put dough disk on top. Sprinkle more flour on top of the dough.

Step 6

Then top with another piece of parchment. Roll to ¼” thick.

Step 7

Chill 30 minutes.

Step 8

Remove parchment from both sides of the dough.

Step 9

Then cut into cookies, making sure to cut them as close to each other as you can. (Take dough scraps and reroll once to cut more cookies.)

Step 10

Put on a parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving 1” in between cookies, and bake 8-12 minutes at 350°F/180°C, until the edges of cookies are just starting to turn golden brown.

Step 11

Remove from the oven, cool to room temperature, and decorate.

Step 12

【Royal Icing】Put all ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk. Whip ingredients on medium speed for 2 minutes.

Step 13

Put in a piping bag and use immediately. Allow icing to harden on cookies, then store up to a week in a covered container at room temperature.

Step 14

For flooding consistency, the channel drawn through icing should take 2 seconds to fill. For lining consistency, the channel drawn through icing should take 5 seconds to fill

Step 15

Enjoy!

Final Notes

If using, add gel food coloring, one drop at a time, and mixing until completely incorporated, until the desired color is reached.