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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Best Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

This is a great gingerbread recipe I just found.

2 large eggs, beaten
1 Cup brown sugar
1 Cup butter
Cream together.  Then add:
1/2 Cup molasses
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp ground ginger
4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1 tsp nutmeg

Slowly add 5 1/2 C flour 1 C at a time.  WARNING!!!  This recipe is very spice heavy, which isn't every one's cup of tea.  You may want to cut back and slowly add more. Also, this dough gets very stiff very quickly, and it works best if you hand mix after the 2nd cup.  It can do some serious damage to your dough hook if you aren't careful! 
Roll dough out onto flat surface and cut.  Place onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

For my cookies I used 2 C whole wheat and 3 1/2 C white flour.  My family had no clue and they were very moist and chewy.