Description
Made with dark molasses, brown sugar and delicious warm spices, these cookies are the perfect dessert to make for any holiday gathering this year!
Ingredients
Scale
Gingerbread Cookie Dough:
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
2 sticks butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup molasses
Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, gently whisk together your flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Set aside and start creaming your butter and sugars together in a bowl.
- Cube your chilled butter and toss in a standing mixer bowl. On low speed, cream your butter until it is a whipped texture.
- Add in your sugars and mix on medium speed until creamed together. Make sure all butter is evenly blended into the sugars.
- Add two eggs, molasses and vanilla extract to the creamed butter and mix on medium-high speed. Pour in your flour mixture in 1/3 portions, waiting to make sure the flour mixture is incorporated completely before adding more.
- Once your mixture is fully blended together, remove mixing bowl from the stand mixer. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop and roll dough into large dough balls. They should be about 2 inches thick to make large cookies. Place on prepared baking sheet a couple inches apart and place in freezer for 30 minutes to chill.
- While the cookies are chilling, preheat your oven to 375℉. After your cookies are chilled, place the cookies in the oven and bake for 20-22 minutes, until golden brown on the top. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes and make the icing.
- To make the icing, whisk the powdered sugar, cinnamon, milk and vanilla together until the icing is smooth. It should be a slightly thick, but still a bit runny.
- Once the cookies have cooled, dip the top of each cookie into the icing, pull it out and let some of the excess drip off before placing the cookie back on the wire rack. Let the icing harden (this should take 5-10 minutes). Enjoy with a hot cup of coffee, tea or cocoa!
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 20