Gingerbread Cookies - Christmas Food
Title: Gingerbread Cookies
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 30 cookies
Christmas baking wouldn’t seem complete without the next recipe. These cookies are fragrant with ground ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. If you like your gingerbread cookies on the soft side bake them a little less than the recipe. As the longer they bake the harder they will become.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Vanilla frosting of your choice (optional)
- Red and green paste food coloring (optional)
Directions:
In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses.
Mix the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or until looks easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-in. thickness.
Cut with floured cookie cutters. Place one in. Apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm.
Remove to wire racks to cool.
Painting some of the frosting red and some green. (optional)
Personal Suggestion: There are a many ways to decorate your cookies; for example you can press raisins into the dough before baking, or you can frost the baked and cooled cookies with confectioners frosting.
