Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies

Classic old-fashioned gingerbread cookies. Bust out your cookie cutter and make this classic Christmas treat! You can cut them into gingerbread men or use any other fun shape. 

You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man! Children love making gingerbread men at Christmas time. They are cute, tasty, and fun to decorate. It’s a craft and a dessert all mixed in one! It makes for a fun afternoon activity for the kids. These cookies are soft and flavorful, but still hold their shape enough to be perfect for decorating.

 

If you like this recipe, you may be interested in these other delicious Christmas recipes:

• Christmas Gingerbread Cake


• Homemade Eggnog


• Spiral Christmas Sugar Cookies


• Chocolate Kiss Cookies

 

Why do I need to chill my dough?

Chilling your dough will re-solidify the fat in the recipe and make your dough much easier to work with. Chilling the dough is an important step to take so that it can be easily rolled out and cut into shapes.

What kind of icing should I use for decorating?

You can use store bought decorators icing for decorating gingerbread cookies which is sold in tubes or pouches. Another option is to make your own homemade royal icing and dye it the colors you’d like. You want to make sure that you are using an icing, not a frosting as they are two different things. Detailed decorating is best done with icing. Be careful when working with icing as it does dry fairly quickly.

 

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Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies

Classic old-fashioned gingerbread cookies. Bust out your cookie cutter and make this classic Christmas treat! You can cut them into gingerbread men or use any other fun shape. 

Prep Time1 hr 35 mins

Cook Time12 mins

Total Time1 hr 47 mins

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Servings: 12 (4-inch) gingerbread men

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons salted butter softened
• 1/4 cup brown sugar tightly packed
• 1/3 cup dark molasses
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

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Instructions

• Use a hand mixer or stand mixer to cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Mix in molasses, egg, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, baking soda, and salt until smooth, scraping the sides as necessary. Add in the flour until well incorporated.
• Remove the dough from the bowl and rap the dough in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Use a gingerbread man cookie cutter (or other shapes) to cut out cookies. Lay cut cookies on the prepared baking sheet, 1 to 2 inches apart. Re-roll the dough as necessary to cut out cookies until dough is gone.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes.
• Let cool on pan for 2 minutes before removing and cooling on a wire rack. Cool completely (about 30 minutes) before decorating

Notes

You will also need:

• 1 gingerbread man cookie cutter (or other shape)


• royal icing, for decorating

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 167kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 154mg | Potassium: 167mg | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 3.9% | Calcium: 3.1% | Iron: 7.8%

Course: Dessert

Keyword: Gingerbread Cookies

 

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