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Classic Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/4 c. brown sugar
generous 1/3 c. molasses
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. unsalted butter, cut into chunks
1 egg
2 ½ to 3 c. all-purpose flour
Directions:
Directions:
Place butter chunks in a large mixing bowl. Set aside.

Put brown sugar, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves in a pan* and heat to boiling point. Stir in baking soda. Take off heat and pour mixture over the butter in the mixing bowl.

Stir until the butter has melted. Break egg into the mixture and stir to combine; then work in 2 ½ cups flour. Mix gently together until it becomes a smooth dough, adding up to ½ cup more flour if needed.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about an hour.

When chilled and stiffened slightly, roll out and cut out cookies with cookie cutters (I roll mine a bit thick ... probably about 1/4" thick. I like thick, soft cookies).

Place cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Once cooled, decorate with icing, if desired.

*Place your brown sugar, molasses, and spices in a saucepan larger than you think you'll need. When you stir in the baking soda, the mixture foams up on you!

 

 

 

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