Name: Classic Gingerbread Cutouts Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: ½ cup butter; ½ cup brown sugar; ⅔ cup molasses; 2 eggs; 4 cups all-purpose flour; ½ tsp Baking Soda; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp ground allspice; ½ tsp ground cloves; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground ginger; 1 lb confectioners' sugar; ½ tsp cream of tartar; 3 egg whites

How To Make Classic Gingerbread Cutouts

These classic gingerbread cookies are the perfect holiday goodies. They are perfectly spiced and can even double as Christmas ornaments.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 12 minutes

Total: 42 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

½cupbutter,softened
½cupbrown sugar
⅔cupmolasses
2eggs
4cupsall-purpose flour,divided
½tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
½tspground allspice
½tspground cloves
½tspground cinnamon
½tspground ginger
1lbconfectioners’ sugar
½tspcream of tartar
3egg whites

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses and eggs. Combine 1½ cups of the flour, baking soda, salt, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger; beat into the molasses mixture.
Gradually stir in the remaining flour by hand to form a stiff dough.
Divide dough into 2 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to ⅛ inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a medium bowl, sift together confectioners’ sugar and cream of tartar. Blend in egg whites. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat for about 5 minutes, or until mixture is thick and stiff. Keep covered with a moist cloth until ready to frost cookies.