Royal Icing Recipe Gingerbread Cookies

If too thin beat icing for 2 to 3 minutes more or add more sugar 1 tablespoon at a time.

Royal icing recipe gingerbread cookies. Beat in molasses and egg until evenly incorporated. Roll dough out on floured board. In a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer beat the butter with the shortening and brown.

Cut dough with floured 3 1 2 by 2 1 2 inch gingerbread boy or girl cookie cutter or other cookie cutter. Prep decor time1 hour50 minutes. Heat oven to 350 f.

Gingerbread cookies with royal icing are a staple christmas treat. Step 1 for gingerbread cookies. With the mixer on low slowly add the flour mixture and mix just until dough forms.

Place on cookie sheets 2 inches apart. This recipe is fool proof and the cut out cookies don t spread out in the oven. Lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.

Close up view of gingerbread cookies iced with royal icing. On floured surface roll dough 1 8 inch thick. Its so much easier to have cut shapes from super chilled dough.

Also chilling the cookie shaped dough for 5 minutes is one additional step you can do to ensure less spread. Ingredients in gingerbread cookies. After rolling out the gingerbread cookies with royal icing dough between the parchment paper you must chill for at least 1 hour to overnight.