Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

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Gingerbread Cookies
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
1350
Calories
Total time
130
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For the dough, sift the dry ingredients (except sugar) into a mixing bowl and stir or whisk well to combine.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar by machine and beat in the eggs, one at a time.
  3. Continue beating until the mixture is smooth, scraping down often.
  4. Beat in half the flour mixture, then stop and scrape down the bowl and beaters.
  5. Beat in the molasses, scrape again, and beat in the remaining flour mixture, just until combined.
  6. Divide the dough into several pieces and press each piece into a rectangle slightly more than 1/4 thick between 2 sheets of plastic wrap (this step is important).
  7. Chill the dough for at least 1 hour or until firm.
  8. Can be left overnight or frozen at this point.
  9. Set racks in the middle and upper thirds of the oven.
  10. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  11. Roll the dough, one piece at a time, on a floured surface just to make the dough flat and even but not much thinner.
  12. The cookies should be 1/4 inch thick.
  13. Cut with floured cutters and arrange on the pans at an inch or two apart, to make room for expansion during baking.
  14. Repeat with remaining dough.
  15. Re-roll the scraps immediately or press together, chill and re-roll later.
  16. Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes, until firm when pressed with a fingertip.
  17. (They won't have much extra color and should dent slightly when touched).
  18. Cool the cookies on pans a minute or two, then transfer to racks.
  19. Meanwhile, for the icing, combine the confectioner's sugar and egg whites in a mixing bowl and beat by machine until combined.
  20. Add the lemon juice or vinegar and continue beating till fluffy.
  21. Divide the icing into several small bowls and add the coloring.
  22. Keep plastic wrap pressed directly on the surface of the icing to prevent a crust from being formed.
  23. Use a pastry bag or spread icing on cookies to decorate.
  24. Use raisins, currants and other decorative sweet bits for extra garnish.
  25. If you'd like to use the cookies to hang on a Christmas tree, make a small hole near the top of the cookie as soon as they come out of the oven so you can get a narrow ribbon or string through.
  26. Variation: Cut round cookies and sandwich them with some heated apricot jam.
  27. The variations are endless.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1349.65 Kcal (5651 kJ)
Calories from fat 358.52 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 39.84g 61%
Cholesterol 171.9mg 57%
Sodium 722.32mg 30%
Potassium 239mg 5%
Total Carbs 232.1g 77%
Sugars 148.06g 592%
Dietary Fiber 3.62g 14%
Protein 15.31g 31%
Vitamin C 3.9mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 15%
Iron 7.9mg 44%
Calcium 160.5mg 16%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 384.32 Kcal (1609 kJ)
Calories from fat 102.09 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.34g 61%
Cholesterol 48.95mg 57%
Sodium 205.68mg 30%
Potassium 68.06mg 5%
Total Carbs 66.09g 77%
Sugars 42.16g 592%
Dietary Fiber 1.03g 14%
Protein 4.36g 31%
Vitamin C 1.1mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 15%
Iron 2.3mg 44%
Calcium 45.7mg 16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 29.6
    Points
  • 37
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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