Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
- Cook Time: 43 Minutes
- Yield: about 42 cookies
- Decoration or dessert! These flavorful and fanciful cookies do double duty!
Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Prepared icings for decorating, optional
- 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter OR margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup dark molasses
- 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- Colored sprinkles for decorating, optional
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and creamy. Beat in molasses. Combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in separate bowl. Beat into creamed mixture until just combined
- Form dough into ball. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out shapes
- Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10 to 13 minutes or until lightly browned on bottom. Cool 1 minute on sheet; remove cookies to wire rack to cool completely. Decorate as desired
