More holiday baking! Today we have…Gingerbread Cookies! These lil guys were so fun to decorate 😄 This recipe makes 46 small gingerbread men or 23 large ones.

Ingredients:
Cookie Dough
- Cake flour 3 3/4 cups
- Unsalted butter (softened) - 1.5 cup, 3 sticks
- Brown sugar 1 cup
- Molasses 1/2 cup
- 1 egg
- Ground ginger 1/2 tbsp - add more if you like it extra spicy 😜
- Cinnamon 2 tsp
- All spice 1 tsp
- Salt (a pinch)
- Baking powder 1.5 tsp
- Baking soda 1 tsp

Icing:
- Powdered sugar 2 cups
- Milk 2 tbsp
- Corn syrup 1/2 tbsp

Instructions:
1. Cream the butter and sugar together.
2. Mix in the molasses and egg
3. Add in the dry ingredients I.e. flour, spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4. Combine and form a dough. It will look sticky but that’s what we want. It will firm up in fridge
5. Wrap cookie dough in plastic wrap, form a flat square block. Pop it in the fridge for 15-20 mins to firm up.
6. Preheat oven to 350F
7. Unwrap the cookie dough and roll out until 1/4 inch thick. Add flour to workstation and rolling pin avoid sticking.
8. Cut out the gingerbread shapes with cookie cutter
9. Place onto a lined baking sheet
10. Bake for 8-10 mins depending on the size of your cookies.
11. Take them out to cool completely before icing
12. Meanwhile, make your icing with powdered sugar, milk and corn syrup
13. Decorate your cookies, let them harden
14. Enjoy!

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