THE MOST WONDERFUL GINGERBREAD COOKIES
This is my very favorite gingerbread cookie recipe. 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 house! This recipe is adapted from a recipe in the Joy of Cooking and according to the entry they only have 3 grams of fat per cookie! If you want crisp cookies roll out very thin. Thicker cookies = softer cookies, thinner cookies= crisper cookies. If the dough is too sticky, chilling should help. **I noticed a lot of people have been having some sticky dough issues. You need to make sure you let the dough rest at LEAST two hours. For some reason this helps make the dough more workable. I live in FL and we have terrible humidity, but I have never had a problem with sticky dough in this recipe.
Provided by gingerkitten D
Categories Dessert
Time 2h23m
Yield 24 5inch tall cookies
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves until well blended.
- In a large bowl (KitchenAid's great for this) beat butter, brown sugar, and egg on medium speed until well blended.
- Add molasses, vanilla, and lemon zest and continue to mix until well blended.
- Gradually stir in dry ingredients until blended and smooth.
- Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic and let stand at room temperature for at least 2 hours or up to 8 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 deg. Prepare baking sheets by lining with parchment paper.
- (Dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days, but in this case it should be refrigerated. Return to room temp before using.) Preheat oven to 375°.
- Grease or line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Place 1 portion of the dough on a lightly floured surface.
- Sprinkle flour over dough and rolling pin.
- Roll dough to a scant 1/4-inch thick.
- Use additional flour to avoid sticking.
- Cut out cookies with desired cutter-- the ginger bread man is our favorite of course.
- Space cookies 1 1/2-inches apart.
- Bake 1 sheet at a time for 7-10 minutes (the lower time will give you softer cookies-- very good!).
- Remove cookie sheet from oven and allow the cookies to stand until the cookies are firm enough to move to a wire rack.
- After cookies are cool you may decorate them any way you like.
- I usually brush them with a powdered sugar glaze when I am in a hurry, but they look wonderful decorated with Royal icing.
HEALTHY GINGERBREAD COOKIES
These Healthy Gingerbread Cookies are soft, moist, and taste exactly like traditional gingerbread men but without all of the added sugar. Make ahead and freezer friendly, these delicious cookies are the perfect addition to your holiday baking list!
Provided by Olena Osipov
Categories Dessert
Time 1h12m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large bowl, add whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda and salt. Whisk until no lumps and set aside.
- In another large bowl, add butter and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until combined and creamy.
- Add egg and molasses. Beat until combined well (don't overbeat to prevent butter separation).
- Add flour mixture, first stir with spatula and then mix with your hands until a ball of dough forms.
- Divide it into two balls, place on two separate sheets of plastic wrap, flatten into discs, wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line two large baking sheets with unbleached parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
- Remove chilled dough from the fridge, let warm up on the counter for 5 minutes, and unwrap from plastic. Dust the surface and rolling pin with flour and roll the dough 1/4 inch thick. If dough is hard and crumbly, roll it out as best as you can, let warm up a few minutes and roll more until 1/4 inch thick.
- Using your favorite cookie cutters, cut out cookies and transfer to previously prepared baking sheet (loosening with small spatula if necessary), leaving just 1/2 inch in between. These cookies do not spread much. Combine the dough scraps into a ball, roll it out, cut out cookies and repeat until you run out of dough. Repeat the same step with the second disc of dough.
- Bake for 8 minutes for soft cookies and 12 minutes for crunchy cookies. Do not overbake as cookies will harden during resting. Remove from the oven and let gingerbread cookies first cool off on a baking tray for 15 minutes, then transfer onto a cooling rack to cool off completely.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 cookie, Calories 87 kcal, Sugar 5 g, Sodium 83 mg, Fat 3 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, TransFat 1 g, Carbohydrate 14 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1 g, Cholesterol 12 mg, UnsaturatedFat 2 g
GINGERBREAD COOKIES
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 45m
Yield 48 (3-inch cookies)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Make the Cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Put the brown sugar, shortening, and corn syrup in a saucepan and heat on medium, stirring constantly until the shortening is melted. Put all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl; then add the warm sugar mixture, stirring until all of the ingredients are well blended. The dough will appear crumbly but will hold together when rolled out. Use the dough immediately, while it is still warm. If it starts to crumble, place it in a warm oven for 1 to 2 minutes until it softens a bit.
- To make decorated cutout cookies; Roll out the dough to about 1/8-inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut out gingerbread women and men with cookie cutters. Place the cookies on foil-lined cookie sheets and bake until golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Cool the cookies on racks before decorating.
- To decorate, tint a recipe of royal icing to your desired colors. Keep the icing covered with a damp towel while you are working to prevent it from drying out. To cover a cookie with icing, thin some of the icing with a little water and spread it on the cookie with a knife or metal spatula. Leave some of the icing thick for piping borders or other designs, using the #2 tip. Add dragees, edible glitter, colored sprinkles, or other decorations to the wet icing. To attach candies to un-iced cookies, brush a thin layer of clear piping gel on the cookie with a small paintbrush and add decorations.
- Royal icing is very versatile. It is pure white and dries very hard, so it is perfect for making flowers and bows and delicate piped work. It can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 weeks. You should stir the icing to restore its original consistency after storage, but do not rebeat. Royal icing does not work well in high humidity.
- Place all of the ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat slowly until they are all blended. Then beat at medium speed until the icing forms stiff peaks, about 5 minutes. Add more sugar if the icing is not stiff enough, or a few drops of water if it is too stiff. Use immediately or cover the bowl with a damp cloth to prevent drying when not in use. Allow at least 24 hours for royal icing decorations to dry, at room temperature.
- Yield: 2 1/2 cups
GINGERBREAD COOKIES
Make and share this Gingerbread Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Kim D.
Categories Dessert
Time 2h10m
Yield 20-40 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- For the dough, sift the dry ingredients (except sugar) into a mixing bowl and stir or whisk well to combine.
- Beat the butter and sugar by machine and beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- Continue beating until the mixture is smooth, scraping down often.
- Beat in half the flour mixture, then stop and scrape down the bowl and beaters.
- Beat in the molasses, scrape again, and beat in the remaining flour mixture, just until combined.
- Divide the dough into several pieces and press each piece into a rectangle slightly more than 1/4" thick between 2 sheets of plastic wrap (this step is important).
- Chill the dough for at least 1 hour or until firm.
- Can be left overnight or frozen at this point.
- Set racks in the middle and upper thirds of the oven.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Roll the dough, one piece at a time, on a floured surface just to make the dough flat and even but not much thinner.
- The cookies should be 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut with floured cutters and arrange on the pans at an inch or two apart, to make room for expansion during baking.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- Re-roll the scraps immediately or press together, chill and re-roll later.
- Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes, until firm when pressed with a fingertip.
- (They won't have much extra color and should dent slightly when touched).
- Cool the cookies on pans a minute or two, then transfer to racks.
- Meanwhile, for the icing, combine the confectioner's sugar and egg whites in a mixing bowl and beat by machine until combined.
- Add the lemon juice or vinegar and continue beating till fluffy.
- Divide the icing into several small bowls and add the coloring.
- Keep plastic wrap pressed directly on the surface of the icing to prevent a crust from being formed.
- Use a pastry bag or spread icing on cookies to decorate.
- Use raisins, currants and other decorative sweet bits for extra garnish.
- If you'd like to use the cookies to hang on a Christmas tree, make a small hole near the top of the cookie as soon as they come out of the oven so you can get a narrow ribbon or string through.
- Variation: Cut round cookies and sandwich them with some heated apricot jam.
- The variations are endless.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 332.8, Fat 10, SaturatedFat 6, Cholesterol 43, Sodium 171.7, Carbohydrate 57.8, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 35.7, Protein 3.9
GINGERBREAD COOKIES
Put your feet up and enjoy these moreish gingerbread cookies with a cuppa, made with aromatic cloves, ginger, cinnamon and rich black treacle
Provided by Esther Clark
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert
Time 32m
Yield Makes 20 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Beat together the butter, treacle, brown sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the egg, then beat through all of the remaining dry ingredients apart from the caster sugar. Chill the mixture in the fridge for 1 hr.
- Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 4. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Roll the mixture into 20 even-sized balls (weighing for accuracy, if you like). Tip the caster sugar onto a small plate, then add each ball and roll around to coat. Space each ball out on the baking sheets. Bake for 9-10 mins until golden brown. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 135 calories, Fat 5 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 20 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 12 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 1 grams protein, Sodium 0.18 milligram of sodium
GINGERBREAD COOKIES
This is a very tasty Christmas dessert. This recipe is very nice for Christmas parties as it makes 2 1/2 dozen 2 1/2 inch cookies.
Provided by Heather
Categories Desserts Cookies Gingerbread Cookie Recipes
Yield 30
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one cookie sheet.
- Mix together the molasses, brown sugar, water and shortening.
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, allspice, ginger, cloves and cinnamon. Add to sugar mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on floured board. Cut with floured gingerbread cutter. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool and decorate with frosting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.9 calories, Carbohydrate 51.7 g, Fat 5.3 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 198.7 mg, Sugar 25.2 g
GINGERBREAD COOKIES
originating in England. In the late 16th century, at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, honored guests at court were sometimes presented with their portrait in gingerbread.
Provided by ebonypeters
Time 30m
Yield Makes Cookies
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon together in a mixing bowl
- chop the butter into small pieces, and rub into dry mixture until the consistency of fine breadcrumbs, then add the sugar and mix together
- mix the beaten egg and add to the mixture, mixing together to form a dough
- Roll out on a floured surface (ensure you flower bothe the rolling pin and the table very well as this helps wen cutting into shapes once rolled) to about 3mm thick, then cut out what ever shapes you want. Put onto a tray lined with baking paper, decorate as much as you like although i like to keep mine simple with a good sprinkle of cinnamon sugar yum!
- cook for approximately 15 minutes depending on size of biscuit.
- When they are cooked, leave on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack, and leave to cool completely.
GINGERBREAD COOKIES
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- On medium-high speed, cream the butter and brown sugar together in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until well combined. Scrape down the sides as necessary.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing between each to combine. Add the molasses and mix to combine.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the all-purpose flour, pastry flour, baking powder, ginger, salt, cinnamon and cloves to combine.
- Turn the mixer off and add one-third of the dry ingredients. Turn the mixer to low and carefully mix to combine. Continue this process until all the dry ingredients are combined and a dough has formed.
- Remove the dough from the bowl of the mixer onto a clean working surface that has been dusted with flour. Knead the dough to combine it into a smooth ball. If the dough seems warm or too soft to handle, you can wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or so.
- Using a rolling pin, roll the gingerbread cookie dough to a thickness of 1/4-to-1/2-inch. Using your gingerbread man cookie cutter, cut out cookies and place 1 1/2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheet. Re-roll excess dough to repeat this process until you have used all the dough.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack
- While cooling, put 1 ounce of the royal icing into a small bowl and dye it black. Put it into a pastry bag with a coupler and a plain #3 tip. Put another 1 ounce of the royal icing into a small bowl and dye it green. Put it into a pastry bag with a coupler and a plain #3 tip. Put another 1 ounce of royal icing into a small bowl and dye it red. Put it into a pastry bag with a coupler and a plain #3 tip.
- After the cookies are cooled, you can turn them into gingerbread men or reindeer.
- For gingerbread men: Using the white icing, add a squiggle line at the edge of each arm and each leg. Using the green icing, pipe 2 triangles together at the neck to create a bowtie. Using the mini chocolate candies, add eyes and buttons. Create the gingerbread man's mouth with the white icing.
- For reindeer: Flip your gingerbread man-shaped cookie upside down so the feet are at the top. Using the white icing, pipe antlers into the "feet" sections of your gingerbread man. Underneath the antlers in the center, pipe eyes and eyebrows. In the "arms" section of the gingerbread man, outline the edges to create your reindeer ears.
- Take a red mini chocolate candy and attach it to the center of the body (underneath the eyes) for the nose. Using your black icing, pipe a mouth underneath the nose. Put a small leaf tip onto your green icing bag and pipe 2 small leaves between the antlers. Pipe 3 small red dots in the center of the leaves as holly berries.
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