Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Icing Recipe

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These holiday-spiced cookies are the first ones I make in December. The recipe came from my mother-in-law. If you like, tint the buttery icing a cheery pink or green and pipe it on with a decorating tip.

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Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Icing Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 21 Servings
30 10 40

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon each ground cinnamon, cloves and ginger
  • ICING:
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon butter flavoring
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons milk

Directions

  • In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and spices; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool on a wire rack.
  • For icing, beat sugar, butter and flavorings in a bowl. Gradually stir in milk until smooth and thick. Frost cookies. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 245 calories, 9 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 18 mg cholesterol, 208 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Icing in Country Woman Christmas Annual 1997, p35

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Reviewed on Dec. 08, 2011 by Loufrommaine

I found these several years ago in an old Country Woman Christmas book. I've made them every year since. They're quite good, but for the icing I use only butter and not the butter flavoring, trying to keep from anything artificial. In my opinion, it would ruin them.

 
 
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