I used gingerbread cookies as a fun and playful way to get to know my niece and nephew when I met them for the first time. I baked a few gingerbread men for them, and asked them what they thought of the designs. My little nephew is just a year old, so I didn’t use any egg in the gingerbread dough.
We’re finally back from a few days in Rome and now are spending Christmas with my parents and my sister’s family in Paris.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
1. Info for Gingerbread Cookie Recipe
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- Servings: 34
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2. Ingredients for Gingerbread Cookie Recipe
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup molasses
- ¼ cup honey
- 3-½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1-½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon green anise seeds, ground to a fine powder
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 6 tablespoons milk
- orange icing
- colored decoration sugar
3. Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda. Sift the dry ingredients.
- Make sure the butter is softened to room temperature.
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter with granulated sugar (whisk using a standmixer to get as much air as possible in the butter). Add the brown sugar, all the spices and the dry ingredients. Mix well.
- Place a silicone mat or a sheet of parchment paper on a baking tray. Spread the sandy cookie dough onto the mat. Place another silicone mat on top of the dough like a sandwich. Even out the dough using a rolling pin to about a ¼”-½” thickness. Plastic wrap the tray and place it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Remove the first layer of the silicon mat. Get several cookie cutters and cut the cookie dough.
- Bake the cookies for 5 minutes at 375°F; decrease the temperature to 350°F and continue baking for 7 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool completely to room temperature. They will harden and get firm as they cool down.
- Drizzle with orange icing and sprinkle with sugar. Let the icing harden completely.
- Bon appétit!
