Get jolly and festive this holiday season with this gingerbread cookie recipe!
Gingerbread Cookies
Yield: 50 servings
Ingredients
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup white granulated sugar
1 egg
⅔ cup molasses
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
Method
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
- Cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl until combined
- Beat egg and molasses into butter and sugar mixture
- Add flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, baking soda, and salt to mixture and knead together with hands
- Divide dough into two balls, cover and place in fridge for 10 minutes
- Place one dough ball on a lightly floured surface and roll out dough until it is about 5mm thick
- Using your favourite festive cookie cutters, cut out dough cookie shapes
- Continue to re-roll dough scraps and cut dough into shapes until all the dough has been cut into shapes
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place cookie dough onto baking sheet about 2.5 cm apart from each other
- Bake one sheet at a time for about 12 minutes
- Allow cookies to cool completely on cooling rack
- Using a store bought icing and candies and decorate cookies
- Allow icing to dry
- Enjoy!
