Soft Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Preparation Time
Difficulty Moderately easy
Occasion Chirstmas, Birthday Party, Party
Recipe Type Sweets
Cuisine Australian Cuisine

These nicely spiced soft cookies are perfect for folks who like the flavor of ginger but don't care for crunchy gingersnap

Ingredients

Ingredient Quantity Calories Fat Cholestrol
Molasses 0.75 cup 710.94 0
Brown Sugar 0.33 cup 275.88
Water 0.33 cup 0
Butter 0.125 cup 203.45 23.01 0.6
All purpose flour 3.25 cup 1476.8
Baking Soda 1 teaspoon 0 0 0
Ground allspice 1 teaspoon 5.24 0 0
Ginger 1 teaspoon 10.92
Clove 1 teaspoon 6.93 0.4
Ground Cinnamon 0.5 teaspoon 6
2696.16 23.41 0.6

Preparation Method

  1. 1 In a medium bowl, mix together the Molasses, Brown Sugar, Water and Butter unTil smooth.
  2. 2 Combine the all all purpose flour, Baking Powder, allspice, Ginger, Clove and Cinnamon, stir them into the wet mixture unTil all of the dry is absorbed.
  3. 3 Cover the dough and chill for at least 3 hours.
  4. 4 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  5. 5 On a lightly all all purpose floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness.
  6. 6 Cut out into desired shapes. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
  7. 7 Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from the cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.