Classic Gingerbread Cookies. This year I'm trying to get ahead of the game by making/freezing all of my Christmas cookie dough-like Santa's cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, and white chocolate cranberry pistachio cookies! Come Christmas I want to be able to savor all of those sweet moments with my family instead of being stuck in the kitchen washing a sink full of dirty dishes. These gingerbread cookies are sweet and not too gingery- perfect for the kids and just how you remember them.

There's a reason why these have been a Christmas tradition for eons. They're so much fun to make! Classic Gingerbread Cookies: In this instructable I will show you how to make gingerbread cookies.

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, classic gingerbread cookies. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Classic Gingerbread Cookies is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It's appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes yummy. Classic Gingerbread Cookies is something which I've loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

This year I'm trying to get ahead of the game by making/freezing all of my Christmas cookie dough-like Santa's cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, and white chocolate cranberry pistachio cookies! Come Christmas I want to be able to savor all of those sweet moments with my family instead of being stuck in the kitchen washing a sink full of dirty dishes. These gingerbread cookies are sweet and not too gingery- perfect for the kids and just how you remember them.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook classic gingerbread cookies using 21 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Classic Gingerbread Cookies:

{Take 10 tbsp. of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature.
{Make ready 3/4 cup of brown sugar (light or dark fine).
{Make ready 2/3 cup of unsulphured molasses.
{Make ready 1 of large egg, at room temperature.
{Prepare 1 tsp. of vanilla extract.
{Take 3 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
{Make ready 1 tsp. of baking soda.
{Make ready 1/2 tsp. of salt.
{Make ready 1 tbsp. of ground ginger.
{Get 1 tbsp. of ground cinnamon.
{Prepare 1/2 tsp. of allspice.
{Make ready 1/2 tsp. of ground cloves.
{Make ready of Icing Ingredients :.
{Make ready 1 1/2 cups of confectioners' sugar.
{Prepare 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract.
{Prepare 2-2 1/2 tbsp. of room temperature water or milk.
{Get pinch of salt.
{Get of Additional Things Needed :.
{Take of ·Extra Flour.
{Prepare of ·Cookie Cutters.
{Make ready of ·Rolling Pin.

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Steps to make Classic Gingerbread Cookies:

In a large bowl, beat the butter on medium speed for 1 minute, until sooth and creamy. Add the brown sugar and molasses and beat until combined and creamy looking. Next, beat in the egg and vanilla for 2 minutes..
In a seperate large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves..
With the mixer at low speed, slowly mix in the dry ingredients to the wet until thoroughly combined. Dough will be thick and sticky. Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces and place each onto a large piece of plastic wrap. Wrap each up tightly and pat down on it to create a disc shape. Chill discs of dough for at least 3 hours and up to 3 days..
Once dough is chilled and you're ready to shape and bake, preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2-3 large baking trays with parchment paper and set aside..
Remove 1 of the dough discs from the fridge, remove from the plastic wrap and place on a flat work surface that's been generously dusted with flour. You should also flour a rolling pin and your hands and continue to flour the work surface as needed (any flour spots on the cut shapes will bake off). Roll out the dough until 1/4" thick, then grab some cookie cutters..
Use your favorite cookie cutters to cut out shapes in the dough. Once you can no longer get any more shapes, re-roll the scraps to use up all the dough. You may need to refrigerate the dough again in between re-rolling, if it gets too warm and sticky..
Place the shaped cookies on the prepared baking tray. Leave an inch or so of space between shapes, as they will expand slightly. Bake cookies for 8-11 minutes (depending on the size of your cookie cutters. Smaller shapes will cook faster). Rotate the pan once during the bake time. They should be soft in the centers with slightly crisp edges..
Cool cookies on the baking tray for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely..
For the icing : Whisk together all of the icing ingredients until they are a good consistency (it should be thick, but you don't want it too thick, or it won't be easy to decorate with). You can separate the frosting into a few different bowls and add food coloring if you'd like. An easy way to decorate is to then place the icing into small squeeze bottles (can be bought for less than $1 each at Walmart)..
Make sure the cookies are cooled completely before decorating! Icing will set and harden within a few hours of decorating. No need to cover the cookies while the frosting is setting..
Store finished, decorated cookies covered at room temperature for up to 1 week..
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Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, salt and pepper through a wire sieve into. Grease or line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Sprinkle flour over dough and rolling pin. Use additional flour to avoid sticking. Cut out cookies with desired cutter-- the ginger bread man is our favorite of course.

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