These cookies have a dark color and a pronounced molasses flavor. If you are making the Gingerbread Town-Square Cake, you can use this template to trace and cut out the different townhouse shapes.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes about 2 dozen town houses, 4 dozen deer or trees, or 6 dozen men
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and spices in a medium bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in molasses. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture, and beat until just combined. Divide dough into 3 portions, and wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a generously floured piece of parchment, roll dough to a scant 1/4 inch thick. Brush off excess flour. Slide dough and parchment onto baking sheets, and freeze for 15 minutes.
- Cut out desired shapes. Transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, and freeze for 15 minutes.
- Bake cookies for 6 minutes. Remove sheets from oven, and tap them firmly on counter to flatten cookies. Return to oven, rotating sheets, and bake until crisp but not darkened, 6 to 8 minutes more. Let cool on sheets on wire racks.
- Spoon icing into a pastry bag fitted with a very small plain round tip (such as Ateco #0 or #1). Pipe designs on cookies. Let cookies stand at room temperature until set, at least 2 hours (preferably overnight).
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Rupantor Mujomdar
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times and they're always a hit. They're the perfect holiday cookie.
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[email protected]These cookies are a must-bake for the holidays. They're so easy to make and they always turn out perfect.
Felix Baraka
[email protected]I'm so glad I tried this recipe. These cookies are amazing!
Qamar Satti
[email protected]These cookies are the perfect combination of sweet and spicy. I can't get enough of them!
Sidney Smith
[email protected]I love the chewiness of these cookies. They're so soft and flavorful.
fais ctg
[email protected]These cookies are so festive and delicious. They're the perfect way to celebrate the holidays.
Reonnex
[email protected]I made these cookies for a cookie exchange and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them.
Amos Wilhelmi
[email protected]These cookies are divine! The molasses and ginger flavors are perfectly balanced.
Ayan medicin Cornar
[email protected]I've been baking gingerbread cookies for years, but these are the best ones I've ever made. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Mark Ruffalo
[email protected]I'm so glad I found this recipe. These cookies are now my go-to gingerbread cookie recipe.
Kamran Legend
[email protected]These cookies are the perfect holiday treat. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make.
Rupesh Tewary (darey)
[email protected]I'm not a big fan of gingerbread cookies, but these ones were actually really good. The molasses flavor was perfectly balanced with the spices.
Bad Cuervo
[email protected]I made these cookies for a holiday party and they were a huge hit! Everyone raved about how delicious they were.
David Tiedemann
[email protected]My kids loved these cookies! They said they were the best gingerbread cookies they've ever had.
Devran Parilti
[email protected]I love how easy these cookies are to make. I was able to whip up a batch in no time.
Cathy Catherine
[email protected]These molasses gingerbread cookies turned out so soft and chewy, with the perfect amount of spice! I'm definitely adding this recipe to my holiday baking rotation.