Gingerbread Snowflakes
Cutting my favorite gingerbread cookie dough into snowflake shapes and decorating them with white icing was ideal for my theme get-together. I save these crunchy treats to enjoy on the way home from our Christmas tree outing. —Shelly Rynearson, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup water
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 2-1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- FROSTING:
- 3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1-1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Reviews
These turned out really good! When I went to store I had a choice of full flavored molasses or light flavored. I got full flavored. Everything turned out good, but I did add more sugar. Rolled out well and baked well. frosting worked out fine also.
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Soft gingerbread cookie. Left my dough in the fridge overnight. Was so easy to work with and it rolled out perfect. Amazed that there were no eggs in the dough. They were the hit of the Christmas Eve party I attended.
This is my favorite gingerbread cookie recipe. I found it it a Taste of Home recipe box I purchased at the checkout counter at the grocery store. I couldn't find my book this year when I went to do my holiday baking and panicked until I found it again here on the website. We just love these!
These turned out great! They were not to hard and not too soft and just the right amount of spice for my family. :) Thanks!We made gingerbread men out of them and used a simpler frosting recipe, but it worked up great. Dough was -no- problem at all to work with after refrigerating (though we did run errands in between, so it was in the fridge for a couple of hours before rolling out).
I didn't like the dough at all, it was really sticky. I had to roll it out on a floured surface, scoop it up and reroll it on even more flour. So maybe try it dding more flour. I receive several compliments on these cookies from people who said they don't usually like gingerbread cookies!
What is that 'anonymous' reply? Can you really do that?Oh Administrator...have you posted the recipe for your gingerbread snowflakes?