Little Chef's

I can't believe that it was so easy for Shreya to say: "lets make Gingerbread cookies". 

I asked her, "Do you know the recipe?". She replies: "YES mom...you just have to make a dough, add ginger in it, cut into a gingerbread man shapes, then bake it. All done, so easy. I made it at school with my teacher (Mrs Smith)".

Then, we all (Debanshi, Shreya and myself) thought, if its so easy then lets make it.

I had to download recipe, the real one from internet.

Molasses-Free Gingerbread Cookies

1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon clove
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons ground ginger

Directions: 

1 Cream together softened butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until color gets light.

2 Beat in egg.

3 In a separate bowl blend together all dry ingredients including spices. 

4 Blend into butter mixture until evenly mixed and ball of dough forms.

5 If you want to use cookie cutters- form dough into a ball and then flatten slightly, wrap and chill.

 

6 Preheat oven to 375°F once dough is chilled.

7 Roll chilled dough out onto very lightly floured surface until about 1/8 inch thick and cut into the shape you covet.

  8 Bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet at 375°F for about 6-9 minutes. These cookies will spread a little so try to keep them at least 1/2 inch apart on the cookie sheet.

 

9 Cookies are done when just barely golden around the edges.

10 To keep them crisp cool them on a wire rack. 

   11 Once completely cool you can frost them or just eat them plain.

 

12 NOTE: If you are going the easy route you can also roll dough into a log, wrap and chill and then just slice into circles and bake instead of using cookie cutters.

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