
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.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cupbutter,softened
- ½cupbrown sugar
- â…”cupmolasses
- 2eggs
- 4cupsall-purpose flour,divided
- ½tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- ½tspground allspice
- ½tspground cloves
- ½tspground cinnamon
- ½tspground ginger
- 1lbconfectioners’ sugar
- ½tspcream of tartar
- 3egg whites
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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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.
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Gradually stir in the remaining flour by hand to form a stiff dough.
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Divide dough into 2 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to â…› inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
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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.
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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.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 152.91kcal
- Fat:Â 2.94g
- Saturated Fat:Â 1.72g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.10g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 0.77g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.20g
- Carbohydrates:Â 29.95g
- Fiber:Â 0.41g
- Sugar:Â 19.01g
- Protein:Â 2.01g
- Cholesterol:Â 15.67mg
- Sodium:Â 60.71mg
- Calcium:Â 19.70mg
- Potassium:Â 124.74mg
- Iron:Â 1.02mg
- Vitamin A: 25.40µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.01mg
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