I updated this old post from 2017 with the most recent photos of our soft gingerbread cookie. But if you scroll down you can see the photos from the last two years too. Hopefully I can keep updating this post with new photos every year!
Soft Gingerbread Cookies
The is the time of the year when you can’t help but indulge, go sugar high and drink a few extra glasses of wine. This soft gingerbread cookies is a very basic gingerbread cookie with molasses. I keep it very simple every year. This year I added little cocoa powder too only because my son was insisting on it a little too much. But you can totally skip that.
Do you need Molasses for Soft Gingerbread Cookies?
Molasses gives a rich flavor and a gorgeous color to the cookies. But I will not call it a must and I have baked the cookies without molasses.
Ground ginger and cinnamon with brown sugar is definitely the key ingredients for the ginger flavor and gorgeous brown shade
The cookies turned out great and it was not all that difficult to shape either. Avyan picked every possible shape he could think of. He had so much fun that he didn’t wanted to stop. As a result, we made more cookies than we can consume! Then came the icing part.
How long can you store Gingerbread Cookie Dough ?
Wrap in plastic wrap and keep it in the refrigerator for 3 days for 3 weeks in the freezer! Just thaw the cookies before you roll.
Steps to prepare the Soft Gingerbread cookie dough
Mix the softened butter (not melted) to the sugar. Then add all the dry ingredients (flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, salt) I use an egg too along with molasses but you can avoid. You can also add cocoa powder if you like, just a little bit Once you prepare the dough, wrap and leave it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, before you roll and cut. Before you bake, place the cut ou cookies in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
How to retain the shape of Soft Gingerbread cookies ?
Cookies retain shape is the butter is not melted. As we roll the dough and cut it out, the butter sometimes tends to melt in the process. Place the cut out cookies in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before you place it to the hot oven.
Sugar frosting for the cookies
I make a super simple frosting by mixing powdered sugar with milk. Because I mostly line the cookies instead of filling, I keep the consistency thick so it doesn’t run down the cookie as you pipe the cookies. Back in 2017, when I tried these cookies for the first time with Avyan, the frosting was a disaster. So I bought store bought readymade frosting. I had no clue how fun this entire activity could be. Arvind too, couldn’t stay away and we went with the flow. I knew it will be our Christmas tradition! Christmas is not for things to be perfect, it’s for family to have fun and make memories. We definitely made one this year! And, I hope you all did too. Merry and Joyful Christmas friend!
