Classic Gingerbread Cookies. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders Make the cookies In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture a little at a time using a wooden spoon. Place the gingerbread dough on the counter and form it into a large smooth mound.

It uploads the collected data to Wowhead in order to keep the database. Prepare Cookies: Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon cloves, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. In a large bowl, using a fork, stir flour with spices and baking soda. You can have Classic Gingerbread Cookies using 21 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Classic Gingerbread Cookies

It's 10 tbsp. of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature.
It's 3/4 cup of brown sugar (light or dark fine).
Prepare 2/3 cup of unsulphured molasses.
Prepare 1 of large egg, at room temperature.
You need 1 tsp. of vanilla extract.
Prepare 3 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
Prepare 1 tsp. of baking soda.
You need 1/2 tsp. of salt.
It's 1 tbsp. of ground ginger.
You need 1 tbsp. of ground cinnamon.
You need 1/2 tsp. of allspice.
It's 1/2 tsp. of ground cloves.
You need of Icing Ingredients :.
You need 1 1/2 cups of confectioners' sugar.
Prepare 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract.
Prepare 2-2 1/2 tbsp. of room temperature water or milk.
Prepare pinch of salt.
It's of Additional Things Needed :.
It's of ·Extra Flour.
Prepare of ·Cookie Cutters.
You need of ·Rolling Pin.

In a medium-size bowl, using a wooden spoon, stir butter with sugar until evenly mixed. Gradually stir in the remaining flour by hand to form a stiff dough. These classic gingerbread cookies are so charming and fun to make. The dough is super soft without being too crumbly or too sticky and the cookies come out soft in the center, crispy on the outside and perfectly spiced.

Classic Gingerbread Cookies instructions

In a large bowl, beat the butter on medium speed for 1 minute, until sooth and creamy. Add the brown sugar and molasses and beat until combined and creamy looking. Next, beat in the egg and vanilla for 2 minutes..
In a seperate large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves..
With the mixer at low speed, slowly mix in the dry ingredients to the wet until thoroughly combined. Dough will be thick and sticky. Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces and place each onto a large piece of plastic wrap. Wrap each up tightly and pat down on it to create a disc shape. Chill discs of dough for at least 3 hours and up to 3 days..
Once dough is chilled and you're ready to shape and bake, preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2-3 large baking trays with parchment paper and set aside..
Remove 1 of the dough discs from the fridge, remove from the plastic wrap and place on a flat work surface that's been generously dusted with flour. You should also flour a rolling pin and your hands and continue to flour the work surface as needed (any flour spots on the cut shapes will bake off). Roll out the dough until 1/4" thick, then grab some cookie cutters..
Use your favorite cookie cutters to cut out shapes in the dough. Once you can no longer get any more shapes, re-roll the scraps to use up all the dough. You may need to refrigerate the dough again in between re-rolling, if it gets too warm and sticky..
Place the shaped cookies on the prepared baking tray. Leave an inch or so of space between shapes, as they will expand slightly. Bake cookies for 8-11 minutes (depending on the size of your cookie cutters. Smaller shapes will cook faster). Rotate the pan once during the bake time. They should be soft in the centers with slightly crisp edges..
Cool cookies on the baking tray for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely..
For the icing : Whisk together all of the icing ingredients until they are a good consistency (it should be thick, but you don't want it too thick, or it won't be easy to decorate with). You can separate the frosting into a few different bowls and add food coloring if you'd like. An easy way to decorate is to then place the icing into small squeeze bottles (can be bought for less than $1 each at Walmart)..
Make sure the cookies are cooled completely before decorating! Icing will set and harden within a few hours of decorating. No need to cover the cookies while the frosting is setting..
Store finished, decorated cookies covered at room temperature for up to 1 week..
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This recipe and post is from The Dizzy Baker Jennifer Bragdon. Comment by Thottbot The vendor of the recipe is near tha bank in Ironforge. This Classic Gingerbread Cookies recipe includes molasses and makes soft, sweet and lightly spiced cookies. It's the perfect cookie for shaping and decorating! We love making gingerbread men, Christmas trees and snowflakes, but really any shape would work!