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Bake Gingerbread Cookies

gingerbread cookies

• What you\'ll need:

• 3 cups of flour

• 2 teaspoons of ground ginger

• 1 teaspoon of baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

• 1/4 teaspoon of salt

• 3/4 cup of softened butter

• 1/2 cup of molasses

• 3/4 cup of firmly backed brown sugar

• 1 egg

• 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

• Directions:

• Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in a large mixing bowl, then set it aside

•  In a separate large mixing bowl, combine butter and brown sugar

• Add molasses, egg and vanilla extract to the butter-brown sugar mix, and mix thoroughly 

• Begin combining the flour mixture (bit by bit) into the butter-brown sugar mixture, stirring strongly as you combine them

• Once all is combined, press the dough flat into a disk shape, wrap it up with plastic wrap by rolling it onto itself. Keep it refrigerated for 4 hours (best overnight)

• Once the dough is ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

• Unroll the wrapped dough back into its flat disk shape onto a lightly floured surface, and be sure it is roughly 1/4 inch thickness

• Begin separating our your cookie shapes -- with a Gingerbread Man cutter, if you have one or simply into classic circles

• Place cookies on ungreased baking sheet 1-inch distance from one another

• Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies appear to have browned

• Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for a couple of minutes before removing them

• Remove the cookies, and then decorate as you wish before serving them

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