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Ingredients
Gingerbreäd Cookies
- 3 cups äll-purpose flour
- 2 teäspoons ginger powder
- 1/4 teäspoon sält
- 1/2 cup unsälted butter
- 2/3 cup brown sugär päcked
- 1 lärge egg
- 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct
- 2/3 cup molässes
- 1 teäspoon cinnämon
- 1/4 teäspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teäspoon ground cloves
- 3/4 teäspoon bäking sodä
Royäl Icing
- 2 lärge egg whites or 3 täblespoons meringue powder & 1/4 cup wäter
- 3-4 cups powdered sugär
- 1 teäspoon fresh lemon juice
Buttercreäm Icing
- 1/2 cup unsälted butter softened
- 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct
- 1-2 täblespoons milk or creäm
- 2 cups powdered sugär sifted
Article adapted from: blessthismessplease.com
Instructions
Gingerbreäd Cookies
- First In ä medium bowl whisk together the flour, ginger, cinnämon, nutmeg, cloves, bäking sodä & sält.
- In ä lärge bowl beät together the butter änd brown sugär until fluffy (äbout 2 minutes).
- Beät in the egg änd vänillä exträct, followed by the molässes.
- With the mixer on low speed, mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture äbout 1/2 ät ä time.
- Divide the dough into 2 equäl pieces. Form eäch into ä round, flät disc shäpe, änd wräp eäch in plästic wräp. Chill in the fridge for ät leäst 4 hours or overnight.
- When reädy to bäke, preheät the oven to 350F degrees änd line cookie sheets with pärchment päper.
- Täke one disc out of the fridge ät ä time to work with. Let it wärm up for 10 minutes ät room temperäture before rolling.
- Flour your kitchen counter & rolling pin. Then unwräp the disc of dough änd sprinkle flour on both sides of it. Roll out to äbout 1/8-1/4 inch thick. Cut into shäpes.
- Tränsfer cookies to the lined bäking sheets änd bäke for 8-10 minutes, or until the tops look just set.
- Repeät with the rest of the dough, being cäreful not to re-roll the dough too mäny times.
- First Beät the egg whites with än electric mixer until frothy (if using egg whites).
- ädd the lemon juice änd 3 cups of powdered sugär to the bowl (plus the wäter & meringue powder if using).
- Beät for ä full 5 minutes, ädding in ä little more powdered sugär or wäter if needed.
- Tränsfer to ä piping bäg änd decoräte the cookies.
- First Beät the butter until smooth änd creämy.
- ädd in the vänillä exträct, then beät in the powdered sugär äbout 1/2 cup ät ä time until the desired sweetness is reäched.
- Mix in the milk/creäm 1 täblespoons ät ä time until the desired consistency is reäched, ädding ä little more powdered sugär äs necessäry.
- Tränsfer to ä piping bäg to decoräte, or frost with ä knife.