Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

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

2. Ingredients for Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

3. Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  2. In a bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda. Sift the dry ingredients.
  3. Make sure the butter is softened to room temperature.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Remove the first layer of the silicon mat. Get several cookie cutters and cut the cookie dough.
  7. Bake the cookies for 5 minutes at 375°F; decrease the temperature to 350°F and continue baking for 7 minutes.
  8. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool completely to room temperature. They will harden and get firm as they cool down.
  9. Drizzle with orange icing and sprinkle with sugar. Let the icing harden completely.
  10. Bon appétit!

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