Gingerbread Cutouts

Name: Gingerbread Cutouts
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 larges egg yolks; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 pinch Pinch of ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 118 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 2 Tbsps meringue powder; 3 Tbsps molasses; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted

Gingerbread Cutouts is a vegetarian dessert. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 102 calories. This recipe serves 24. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up ground ginger, baking soda, brown sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl. Beat the brown sugar, molasses, melted butter and egg yolks in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Reduce the mixer speed to low; add the flour mixture and beat, gradually increasing the speed to medium high, until the dough comes together, about 3 minutes.

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Baking Soda

Brown Sugar

Egg Yolk

Cinnamon

Molasses

Butter

Clove

Ginger

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Blender

Whisk

Bowl

Roll out the dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper coated with cooking spray until 1/8 inch thick. Freeze until firm, 30 minutes.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

Roll

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Baking Paper

Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Cut out cookies using 2-inch cutters; arrange 1 1/2 inches apart on the baking sheets. Gather the scraps and chill until firm, then reroll once to cut out more cookies. Refrigerate the cutouts until firm, 20 minutes.

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Cut Out Cookies

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Baking Sheet

Bake the cookies, switching the pans halfway through, until golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

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Baking Sheet

Make the icing: Beat the confectioners' sugar, meringue powder and 3 to 4 tablespoons water in a bowl with a mixer on high speed until smooth and thick.

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Powdered Sugar