Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a Best dish, gingerbread cookies. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. 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.

Gingerbread Cookies is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Gingerbread Cookies is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have gingerbread cookies using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread Cookies:

1. Make ready 3 1/2 Cups all-purpose flour
2. Get 2 1/2 Teaspoons ginger , ground
3. Prepare 1 Teaspoon baking soda
4. Make ready 1 Teaspoon cinnamon , ground
5. Take 1/2 Teaspoon nutmeg , freshly grated
6. Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon cloves , ground
7. Get 1/4 Teaspoon salt
8. Make ready 1/2 Cup butter , unsalted , softened
9. Prepare 3/4 Cup brown sugar light
10. Prepare 1 egg large
11. Make ready 3/4 Cup molasses mild

While there is quite a bit of prep work involved in making. These Gingerbread Cookies are soft, chewy and full of spices and molasses! They are simple to make and perfect for decorating! This is my very favorite gingerbread cookie recipe.

Steps to make Gingerbread Cookies:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, mixing until combined.
2. Then add the molasses and beat on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. On low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients and mix just until the flour is incorporated, scraping the bowl as necessary, about 2 minutes. The dough will be very stiff and sticky.
3. Scrape the dough onto a lightly floured baking sheet and pat it flat to a 1-inch thickness. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for at least 1 hour and up to 4 weeks. Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
4. Cut the chilled dough into quarters On a well-floured work surface, roll out one piece of dough to 1/8 inch thick (keep the remaining dough in the freezer). If the dough sticks to your work surface, slide an offset spatula under the dough to release it and dust the work surface with more flour.
5. With a 4-1/4-inch cookie cutter, cut out the cookies and use an offset spatula to transfer them to the baking sheets, spacing them at least 1/2 inch apart. Brush off any excess flour.
6. Gather and press the dough scraps together, then roll to 1/8 inch thick, and cut out more shapes. Add any remaining scraps to the next quarter of chilled dough. Continue rolling and cutting until the baking sheets are full.
7. Bake the cookies, rotating and swapping the sheets’ positions halfway through baking, until firm to the touch and the edges are slightly golden, about 10 minutes.
8. Slide the cookies on their parchment onto racks and let cool. Roll out and bake the remaining dough in batches on fresh sheets of parchment.

The dough is so firm and nice to work with and is so wonderful smelling that it is almost like a stress reliever. These disappear in lightning speed in my. Whether or not you actually like gingerbread cookies is kinda irrelevant. You make them every single year because they make people happy. And because they're so damn adorable.

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