Day 2= Gingerbreads

Good Morning One and All:


Last night my mom and I finished making some of our traditional Christmas cookies. I one recipe that I would like to share with you is our gingerbread cookies.

We found these online in 2006 after trying unsuccessfully to find a recipe that we liked before. We both are not very fond of gingerbreads that are hard and crunchy. That is where this recipe comes in. It is officially the best tasting and softest gingerbreads that I have ever eaten (although I am willing to try other ones as well I can't get enough of Christmas baking).

Just as a warning....while making these cookies they will not look appetising. The batter looks like spoiled butter that had curdled. That is right, keep going :)

Gingerbread cookies

GINGERBREAD COOKIES RECIPE:

3/4 cup unsalted softened butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup fancy molasses
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp ground cardamon
3 1/4 cups flour

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar until it turns fluffy. Then stir in the molasses and water. In a medium bowl whisk together the remaining ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, stirring constantly. Divide the dough in half and flatten to a round disk. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours. (You can also freeze this dough if you want to use it later than the next day).

Preheat the oven to 325 and lightly grease (cheat: use parchment paper best invention for cookies ever) your cookie sheets. On lightly floured surface roll out one of the disks (leave the other one in the fridge). Roll to a 1/4 in thickness (add more flour if it is impossibly sticky). Cut the cookies in whatever shapes your want and place about an inch apart on baking sheet. Cook for 6-10 minutes. Cookies should be firm but not browned.

Cool the cookies on the cookie sheets for three minutes, then remove to wire racks to finish.


FROST not if desired, this is the best part so much fun. My mom and I just made a thick mixture of icing sugar and milk, but you can also buy piping icing at grocery stores, or find other decorative icing recipes online. But please don't leave your poor gingerbreads faceless.

Hope you have fun making these. And do you have any fun ways that you have decorated gingerbreads (I am always looking for new ideas.) Please comment below

MERRY CHRISTMAS