Gingerbread Cookies

17 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • Dough
  • 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon clove
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 lb unsalted butter
  • 2/3 cup light brown sugar or 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup unsulphured molasses
  • Icing
  • 1 lb confectioners' sugar
  • 3 large egg whites
  • 1 drop lemon juice or 1 drop vinegar
  • food coloring, if desired

Directions

  1. 1
    ["For the dough, sift the dry ingredients (except sugar) into a mixing bowl and stir or whisk well to combine.", "Beat the butter and sugar by machine and beat in the eggs, one at a time.", "Continue beating until the mixture is smooth, scraping down often.", "Beat in half the flour mixture, then stop and scrape down the bowl and beaters.", "Beat in the molasses, scrape again, and beat in the remaining flour mixture, just until combined.", "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).""

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