Holiday Cookie Countdown: Week 5
December 3| posted in - desserts, holiday cookie, holidays
We are in Week 5 of our holiday cookie countdown and I picked the Gingerbread Snowflake Cookies for a number of reasons. I love gingerbread cookies, they always remind me of the holidays and my childhood. Also these delish cookies are especially festive, I mean look at how cute they are! The gingerbread cookies will make great DIY holiday gifts and you mix up a batch and use them as ornaments for the Christmas tree, that would be so pretty. I hope you enjoy and for the recipe
Makes 8 cookies
Ingredients
* 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
* 1 cup sugar
* 1/4 cup water
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 cup molasses
* 5 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/2 tablespoons ground ginger
* 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* Royal Icing
* White sparkling sugar (optional)
Preparation
Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until fluffy.
Stir together 1/4 cup water and soda until dissolved; stir in molasses.
Combine flour and next 4 ingredients. Add to butter mixture alternately with molasses mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Shape mixture into a ball; cover and chill 1 hour.
Roll to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut with a 7 1/2-inch snowflake cookie cutter. Place 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Cut out designs in snowflakes using 1/4- to 1/2-inch cutters, and remove.
Bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Spoon icing into a small heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag. Snip a tiny hole in 1 corner of bag; pipe around edges of cookies. Sprinkle icing with sugar, if desired.
Note: Sparkling sugar can be found at cake decorating and kitchen shops.
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Source: myrecipes.com
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