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Showing posts with label baking tips. Show all posts
After experiencing the Gingerbread cookies at Disneyland I started a quest to come up with a gingerbread cookie that was almost as good. The following is a combination of multiple Disneyland recipes I found online and a few rounds of trial and error to tweak the final recipe.
Enjoy!
Gingerbread Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 cup “fancy” dark molasses *make sure it doesn’t say cooking, blackstrap, unsulphured, or lite
- 1 egg
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. ground cloves
- 3 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 3 tsp. ground ginger
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup of water
Gingerbread Instructions:
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar.
- Add dark molasses and mix until completely blended.
- Mix in the egg
- Sift the dry ingredients together and add to butter mixture, 1/3 at a time.
- Blend well.
- Add water until dough comes together.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator at least 1 hour, or up to a few days.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
- Use a floured rolling pin to roll out dough on a floured surface, about 1/8th inch thick. (Don’t be afraid to use plenty of flour.)
- Cut into desired shapes.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Optional: Decorate with Royal Icing or a light glaze when completely cooled.