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Gingerbread Cookie Dough
This dough is designed to create perfect gingerbread houses, castles, or even trucks!
👥 1 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 1h 45m👤 Country Living📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●baking sheet
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Whisk together flour, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
2
Beat butter and sugar on medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Beat in molasses and egg. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in flour mixture. Divide dough in half. Tint half of dough with desired amount of red food coloring. Shape dough into disks and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill until firm, ⏱️ 1 hour.
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3
Preheat oven to 350°F. Remove dough from refrigerator, and let stand until slightly softened. Roll dough ¼ inch thick on a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper. Place template on dough; trim around design. Remove excess dough and rewrap with plastic wrap until ready to reroll. Remove template. Place cut pieces on a parchment lined baking sheet.
4
Bake until cookies are crisp and edges just beginning to brown, 10 to ⏱️ 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough and templates.
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