Description
These soft spiced gingerbread cookies are made with blackstrap molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom, then topped with a cozy spiced powdered sugar glaze. The perfect homemade holiday dessert for Christmas cookie boxes, gifting, or festive baking.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cardamom
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp blackstrap molasses
Spiced Powdered sugar glaze:
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp cardamom
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2–4 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and set a side.
- In a stand mixer or using hand-held electric mixer, beat together coconut oil, vanilla, milk, maple syrup, brown sugar and molasses until smooth.
- Pour in flour mixture and mix on medium low until incorporated. Form dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap.
- Chill dough in fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough into a rectangle that is about 1/4” thick. Cut out gingerbread men and line on prepped baking sheet. Leave about 1-inch between each cookie.
- Bake cookies in preheated oven for about 8-10 minutes. Let them cool for about 5 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring (that way you don’t loose an arm or leg of your gingerbread men).
- Transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Dip in glaze or decorate with icing. See directions below for a simple powdered sugar glaze.
Spiced Powdered Sugar Glaze
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Mix together ingredients until smooth glaze forms. If you like thinner glaze, add 1 Tbsp at a time until desired consistency is reached.