Soft Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c.

Soft gingerbread cookies recipe. On low speed slowly mix into the wet ingredients until combined. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. In a large bowl cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.

In general 10 12 minutes in a 375 degree f oven should be perfect my cookies always take exactly 11 minutes. Divide dough in half and place each onto a large piece of plastic wrap. With this recipe you can also skip the step of.

Add the dry ingredients and mix. In a separate bowl combine flour baking soda salt cinnamon and ginger stirring to combine. They will firm up as they cool so be careful not to overbake them or the cookies will become hard.

Gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Bake cookies at 350 for 10 minutes. The cookies are done when the edges are just starting to brown but they re still fairly soft in the center.

Cut out cookies 10 place them spaced out on a lined cookie sheet 11. In a medium bowl mix together the molasses brown sugar water and butter until smooth. Once chilled roll out the dough and cut into any shapes you like.

Sift together the flour ginger baking soda cinnamon cloves and salt. Cover the dough and chill for at least 3 hours. Place cookie dough balls on a cookie sheet and lightly flatten with the palm of your hand or the bottom of a measuring cup or glass.