Gingerbread Cookies
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- Total Time
- 2hrs 26mins
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- Serves
- 12
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- Calories
- 352
These chewy, spicy ginger-scented cookies are perfect for cutting into holiday shapes and decorating with Royal Icing. Roll a little thinner if you prefer crispy cookies.
recipe updated Feb 17, 2022
Ingredients
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- All purpose flour
- 410 g
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- Baking powder
- 8 g
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- Baking soda
- 5 g
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- Ground ginger
- 3 teaspoons
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- Ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons
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- Ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon
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- Unsalted butter
- 85 g
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- Dark brown sugar
- 150 g
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- Molasses
- 170 g
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- Egg
- 1
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- Vanilla extract
- 10 g
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- Egg white
- 1
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- Powdered sugar
- 240 g
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- Lemon
- ½ teaspoon
Tools
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Stand mixer
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Oven
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Parchment paper
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Whisk
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Cooling rack
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Plastic wrap
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Rolling pin
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Large mixing bowl
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Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
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Medium bowl
Step preview
- Add all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon and ground cloves to a clean medium bowl
- Whisk briefly then set aside
- Add unsalted butter, dark brown sugar, molasses, egg and vanilla extract to a clean large mixing bowl
- Mix until combined
- Transfer dry ingredients to dough gradually while mixing
- Wrap with plastic wrap
- Chill in fridge - 2 hr
- Pre-heat oven - 190°C
- Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
- Roll out dough until 1/4" thick
- Cut out
- Transfer dough to baking sheet
- Bake - 6 min, 190°C
- Transfer onto cooling rack until cool
- Add egg white to a clean large mixing bowl
- Whisk until frothy
- Add powdered sugar and lemon to the icing
- Whisk until thick
- Decorate cookies with piping bag