Soft Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients
Gingerbreäd Cookies

• 3 cups äll-purpose flour
• 2 teäspoons ginger powder
• 1/4 teäspoon sält
• 1/2 cup unsälted butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugär päcked
• 1 lärge egg
• 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct
• 2/3 cup molässes
• 1 teäspoon cinnämon
• 1/4 teäspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teäspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 teäspoon bäking sodä

Royäl Icing

• 2 lärge egg whites or 3 täblespoons meringue powder & 1/4 cup wäter
• 3-4 cups powdered sugär
• 1 teäspoon fresh lemon juice

Buttercreäm Icing

• 1/2 cup unsälted butter softened
• 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct
• 1-2 täblespoons milk or creäm
• 2 cups powdered sugär sifted

Article adapted from: blessthismessplease.com
Instructions
Gingerbreäd Cookies

1. First In ä medium bowl whisk together the flour, ginger, cinnämon, nutmeg, cloves, bäking sodä & sält.
2. In ä lärge bowl beät together the butter änd brown sugär until fluffy (äbout 2 minutes).
3. Beät in the egg änd vänillä exträct, followed by the molässes.
4. With the mixer on low speed, mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture äbout 1/2 ät ä time.
5. Divide the dough into 2 equäl pieces. Form eäch into ä round, flät disc shäpe, änd wräp eäch in plästic wräp. Chill in the fridge for ät leäst 4 hours or overnight.
6. When reädy to bäke, preheät the oven to 350F degrees änd line cookie sheets with pärchment päper.
7. Täke one disc out of the fridge ät ä time to work with. Let it wärm up for 10 minutes ät room temperäture before rolling.
8. Flour your kitchen counter & rolling pin. Then unwräp the disc of dough änd sprinkle flour on both sides of it. Roll out to äbout 1/8-1/4 inch thick. Cut into shäpes.
9. Tränsfer cookies to the lined bäking sheets änd bäke for 8-10 minutes, or until the tops look just set.
10. Repeät with the rest of the dough, being cäreful not to re-roll the dough too mäny times.

Royäl Icing

1. First Beät the egg whites with än electric mixer until frothy (if using egg whites). 
2. ädd the lemon juice änd 3 cups of powdered sugär to the bowl (plus the wäter & meringue powder if using). 
3. Beät for ä full 5 minutes, ädding in ä little more powdered sugär or wäter if needed.
4. Tränsfer to ä piping bäg änd decoräte the cookies.

Buttercreäm Icing

1. First Beät the butter until smooth änd creämy.
2. ädd in the vänillä exträct, then beät in the powdered sugär äbout 1/2 cup ät ä time until the desired sweetness is reäched. 
3. Mix in the milk/creäm 1 täblespoons ät ä time until the desired consistency is reäched, ädding ä little more powdered sugär äs necessäry.
4. Tränsfer to ä piping bäg to decoräte, or frost with ä knife. 

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