Steps to Make Perfect Gingerbread cookies

Gingerbread cookies

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, gingerbread cookies. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This classic cut-out gingerbread cookie recipe is easy to make, perfect for decorating, and always so delicious. Gingerbread cookie recipes all start the same and mine comes from my mom. To her recipe, I add a little more molasses and increase the amount of spice favors. This is my favorite Gingerbread Cookie recipe!

Gingerbread cookies is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Gingerbread cookies is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have gingerbread cookies using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread cookies:
  1. Get 3 cup all purpose flour
  2. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  3. Make ready 3/4 tsp baking soda
  4. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
  5. Take 1 tbsp ground ginger
  6. Make ready 1 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  7. Prepare 1/4 tsp ground cloved
  8. Prepare 6 tbsp unsalted butter
  9. Prepare 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
  10. Make ready 1 large egg
  11. Take 1/2 cup molasses
  12. Prepare 2 tsp vanilla extract

These crispy cookies are full of delicious spices that give them a distinctive flavor. While there is quite a bit of prep work involved in making. Whether or not you actually like gingerbread cookies is kinda irrelevant. You make them every single year because they make people happy.

Steps to make Gingerbread cookies:
  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Prepare baking sheets by spraying with cooking spray or lining with parchment paper
  2. In small bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves until well blended.
  3. In a large bowl beat butter, brown sugar and egg on medium speed until well blended.
  4. Gradually stir in dry ingredients until blended and smooth
  5. Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours
  6. Place one portion of dough on a lightly floured surface
  7. Sprinkle flour over dough and rolling pin
  8. Roll dough to scant 1/4 inch thick
  9. Cut out cookies with desired cookie cutter
  10. Space cookies 1 1/2 inches apart
  11. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes. The lower time will give softer cookies
  12. After cookies cool you can decorate them any way you like.

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