Holiday Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
A cookie sure to make the holidays special.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp a href=”https://spiceislands.com/product/ground-saigon-cinnamon/” target=”_blank”>Spice Islands® Ground Saigon Cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp Spice Islands® Ground Cloves
- 1/8 tsp Spice Islands® Ground Ginger
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup Grandma’s® Original Molasses
- 1 tsp Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
- Icing
Directions
- Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves and ginger; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Add sugar; beat until combined.
- Add egg, molasses and vanilla; beat until combined. Beat in as much of the flour mixture as you can. Stir in remaining flour. Cover; chill dough about 3 hours, or overnight, or until easy to handle.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. On a lightly floured surface roll dough to about 1/8″ thickness. Cut dough using 5″ gingerbread-person cookie cutter.
- Arrange the cutouts 1 inch apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are light brown.
- Transfer cookies to wire racks; cool.
- Pipe designs on cookies with icing.
