Overall, I love this gingerbread recipe, especially for cookies (and beyond!). You can gather your scraps and re-roll a couple of times to use as much of the dough as possible. My gingerbread men and women tend to bake alongside tiny gingerbread stars, hearts, and gingerbread candy canes. They were arranged, bouquet-like, in a container filled with sugar.
I was at a holiday part once where gingerbread cookies were baked onto popsicle sticks.
Look carefully at the dough where it touches the pan, that will get darkest first, once you see it starting to shift, consider removing the cookies.
GINGERBREAD COOKIE RECIPE HOW TO
You can smell the spices blooming and the dough starting to toast, and that's how to know you're close. I end up relying on my nose as much as my eyes to know when to pull them from the oven. Knowing how long to bake gingerbread can be tricky because the dough is so dark. Big cookies take longer to cook than tiny ones, keep that in mind as well. They will continue to bake for another couple of minutes once you pull them from the oven. If anything, under bake them just a shade. Whatever you do, don't over bake these guys. And, although I tend to like a cookie with higher frosting to cookie ratio (sugar cookies for example), I'm in the less is more when it comes to icing gingerbread. I may do a few gingerbread without the buttons and go for one tiny white heart sprinkled with a touch of sugar sparkles instead. Sometimes just two little button dots are enough, or a simple slather of icing. Keep your eye peeled! Decorating Gingerbread Cookies I love digging around for vintage cookie cutters at yard sales and flea markets. I'm also picky about the shape and physique of my gingerbread people, always on the lookout for cookie cutters that are just the right shape for them. The molasses in this recipe along with the generous amount of spices make for a nice, classic gingerbread appearance. Gingerbread cookies look best when they're deep ginger in color, and spotted from head to toe with freckles of spices. As they are baking, people should flock to the oven from the far recesses of the house to have a peek at the source of the wonderful smells. I've recently started adding freshly grated nutmeg as well. Every bite should have a spicy tingle to it. This recipe is loaded with a generous dose of ground ginger, cinnamon, ground cloves, and pepper. I love gingerbread cookies with some kick. As you can see from the picture my gingerbread cookie is standing tall and straight.
GINGERBREAD COOKIE RECIPE CRACKER
I'm not talking about making a gingerbread cracker here, but hopefully you get my drift. You should be able to hold you gingerbread cookies by one leg and not have the leg crumble or bend off. This is especially important if you are making large + tall gingerbread men, or using the recipe to create walls for a gingerbread house or structure. When you are making gingerbread men (or women) it's important to make a cookie that is sturdy. This isn't the time for chewy, moist, or flaky cookies. The smell like spice-kissed magic when baking. These cookies are tasty, classic, spice-forward and a rich shade of brown. That said, I have a few strong opinions on how I like my gingerbread and this recipe checks every box. These are always the second cookie I include in my holiday cookie boxes, these shortbread cookies are always the first. I like to bite their heads off first, then each arm, and then each leg.
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