Gingerbread Cookies

Name: Gingerbread Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons allspice; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 large egg, at room temperature; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 Tbsps ground ginger; 118 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 158 milliliters molasses; 0 teaspoons salt; 8 Tbsps (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 59 milliliters vegetable shortening, at room temperature

Gingerbread Cookies might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 190 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 20. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 20 minutes. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up vegetable shortening, ground cloves, flour, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Whisk together flour, baking soda, spices and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and shortening.

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Baking Soda

Shortening

Butter

Spices

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add sugar and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in molasses and egg. Scrape sides of bowl, then stir in flour mixture to form a stiff dough. Divide dough in half. Form into 2 disks, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.

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Molasses

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Wrap

Egg

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Preheat oven to 350F; line 2 large baking sheets with parchment.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Roll out 1 disk of dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.

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Dough

Roll

Cut out cookies with a 3-inch cutter and place 1 inch apart on baking sheet. Gather scraps and reroll to form more cookies. Repeat with remaining dough.

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Cut Out Cookies