Soft Gingerbread Cookies Recipe Easy

Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.

Soft gingerbread cookies recipe easy. In a stand mixer bowl cream together the butter and sugar. First mix together butter and sugar until light and fluffy approximately 2 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Bake the gingerbread cookies 7 to 4 minutes or until just firm to the touch.

Next add egg and molasses and mix well. Combine the flour baking soda allspice ginger cloves and cinnamon stir them into the wet mixture until all of the dry is absorbed. Whisk flour ground cloves ginger salt cinnamon baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl.

Mix egg to butter sugar mixture. Cover the dough and chill for at least 3 hours. Cut into desired shapes.

In a separate bowl combine flour baking soda salt cinnamon and ginger stirring to combine. In a medium bowl mix together the molasses brown sugar water and butter until smooth. Arrange the gingerbread cookies on the baking sheets so that they are 1 inch apart.

Repeat with remaining disk of dough.