Soft Gingerbread Cookies. In a medium bowl, mix together the molasses, brown sugar, water and butter until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda, allspice, ginger, cloves and cinnamon, stir them into the wet mixture until all of the dry is absorbed. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.

Form or scoop balls of dough that are slightly smaller than a golf ball. Tips for making perfectly soft and chewy Gingerbread Cookies: Cream the shortening, sugar, egg and molasses together a little bit longer. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside. You can have Soft Gingerbread Cookies using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Soft Gingerbread Cookies

It's 1 cup of unsalted butter (softened).
Prepare 1 cup of brown sugar.
You need 1 of egg.
It's 1/4 cup of molasses.
It's 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour.
You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
Prepare 2 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
You need 1 Tbsp of ground ginger.
You need 1 Tbsp of ground cinnamon.
It's 2 tsp of ground cloves.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
You need 1/2 tsp of ground allspice.

Add in molasses and mix until incorporated. Beat in egg plus additional yolk, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. In a separate mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients and the gingerbread spices until well combined. Add the dry ingredients to the molasses mix.

Soft Gingerbread Cookies instructions

In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy..
Next, beat in the egg and molasses until combined..
Lastly, stir in the remaining ingredients, cover, and refridgerate for 2 hours..
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper..
Cut festive shapes out of your dough, or shape the dough into 1 inch balls and place them about 2 inches apart onto your baking sheets..
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until soft in the center..
Cool for about 2 and 1/2 minutes before removing from baking sheets..

Mix on low speed just until combined into a soft cookie dough. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. These gingerbread cookies are soft and chewy, yet sturdy enough to decorate and easily handle. The taste is sweet and spicy with warm notes of molasses, ginger and cinnamon. They make for a fun and delicious family activity!