Gingerbread Cookies

Submitted by LikeItLoveIt

• Ready In: 12hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1 2⁄3 cups sugar
• 1 1⁄3 - 2 5⁄8 cups butter or 1 1/3-2 5/8 cups margarine
• 1⁄3 cup molasses
• 1 tablespoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda

directions

1. Mix the baking soda with half of the flour.
2. Bring water and sugar to a boil.
3. Add molasses, margarine, and all the spices to the warm sugar water.
4. Let cool.
5. Add the flour mixture, and put the dough on the counter and add the rest of the mixture as it is kneaded.
6. Put dough in a bowl and sprinkle some flour on top.
7. Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap.
8. Let sit in refrigerator for about 12 hours.
9. Turn on the oven to 420-440 °F (200-225 °C).
10. Grease cookie sheets.
11. Use a rolling pin and make the dough very thin.
12. Use different kinds of christmassy cookie cutters to cut out different shapes.
13. Place on cookie sheets.
14. Bake for about 5 minutes.
15. Let cool on a rack until hardened somewhat.

Reviews

[LauraAnnK]

First, the quantity of butter/margarine was confusing. 1 1/3 - 2 5/8 cups? I figured 1 1/3 was closest... so I used that. Then... 2 1/2 cups was not enough flour. I finally used about 3 - 3 1/2 cups of flour. In the end the cookies tasted really good. I think I would probably use 1/2 butter and 1/2 shortening, so they wouldn't get too brown.

 

[Santa Clause]

HO HO HO!! MRS. CLAUSE CAN'T DO IT BETTER THAN THIS! I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE OVEN TEMP, SO I WINGED IT AND SET IT TO 425.