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Crispy Gingerbread Cookies

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 2 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Bread, Baked

Tags: baking, featured, recipes for cookies, recipes for dessert, recipes using baking soda, recipes using butter, recipes using cooking spray, recipes using ground cinnamon, recipes using ground ginger, recipes using light brown sugar, recipes with images, recipes with metric units

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ACrispy_Gingerbread_Cookies)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ACrispy%20Gingerbread%20Cookies&oldid=4599152

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup (~160 g) packed light brown sugar
  • ⅔ cup (~160 g) molasses
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoon (½ tablespoon) baking soda
  • ⅔ cup (~160 g) butter
  • 1 egg
  • 4 cups (1 quart/ 500g) flour

Directions

  1. Pour sugar, molasses, spices, and salt into large saucepan.
  2. Bring to boil and remove from heat.
  3. Add the baking soda and butter and stir until butter melts.
  4. Quickly stir in egg, and then add flour. Mix well.
  5. Chill for several hours until firm enough to roll.
  6. Preheat oven to 325 °F (170 °C).
  7. Roll out until thin on lightly-floured surface.
  8. Cut with cookie cutters and place on cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
  9. Bake for about 15 minutes at 325 °F (170 °C) and cool on racks.