Perfect Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Popular Recipes. (Perfect Gingerbread Cookies Recipe). Not-too-soft, not-too-hard, not-too-spicy, not-too-bland... These are the absolute PERFECT gingerbread cookies for everyone and anyone at the holidays-You will get rave reviews from kids, dieters, parents, and traditionalists alike. This is a very malleable recipe; you don't need to follow it precisely. Feel free to add or reduce things as you wish, depending on your taste, as long as the dough looks and feels about right. I use from 6 to 8 cups of flour in this recipe.

Brief

Prep 30 mins

Cook: 30 mins

Additional: 1hr

Total: 2hrs

Servings: 72

Yield: 6 dozen cookies

Perfect Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

6 cups all-purpose flour

or as needed

1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground allspice

½ teaspoon ground cloves

2 pinches ground nutmeg

1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup molasses

2 tablespoons softened butter

2 tablespoons canola oil

¾ cup applesauce

½ cup water

¼ cup liquid egg substitute (such as Egg Beaters®)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 ½ teaspoons white sugar

Dessert

Directions

Step 1

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease several baking sheets. Whisk the flour baking soda baking powder salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon allspice cloves nutmeg and ginger in a bowl; set aside.

Step 2

Beat together 1 cup white sugar brown sugar molasses butter canola oil applesauce water egg substitute and vanilla extract in a large bowl until evenly combined. Stir in the flour mixture to make a soft thick not-very-sticky dough. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Stir 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon together with 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar in a small bowl; set aside.

Step 3

Roll the dough on a heavily floured surface to a thickness of 1/4-inch. Cut into shapes using a cookie cutter. Place the cookies onto the prepared baking sheets and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar mixture.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden and the bottoms are slightly darker than the tops 9 to 11 minutes. Remove the cookies from the baking sheets immediately and place on a wire rack to cool. After 10 minutes of cooling they should be hard like typical gingerbread cookies but still slightly bendable and soft on the inside.

Nutritional Information

Perfect Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:72

Calories: 82.7

% Daily Value *

Protein: 1.2g 2%

Carbohydrates: 17.7g 6%

Dietary Fiber: 0.4g 2%

Sugars: 8.7g

Fat: 0.9g 1%

Saturated Fat: 0.3g 1%

Cholesterol: 0.9mg

Vitamin A Iu: 14.3IU

Niacin Equivalents: 0.9mg 7%

Vitamin C: 0.1mg

Folate: 19.3mcg 5%

Calcium: 17.4mg 2%

Iron: 0.8mg 4%

Magnesium: 14mg 5%

Potassium: 88.3mg 3%

Sodium: 68.6mg 3%

Thiamin: 0.1mg 9%

Calories From Fat: 7.8

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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