Our best gingerbread cookie recipe! These festive treats are soft and warmly spiced, with a rich molasses flavor.Perfect for spreading holiday cheer! Jump to recipe What could be more festive than gingerbread cookies?! With Christmas just a few weeks away, I’m ready to turn up the holiday cheer around here, and making this gingerbread cookie recipe seems like a great place to start.For one, it makes the house smell amazing, filling it with the comforting aroma of cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.

It’s also a blast to make–rolling out the dough, cutting out gingerbread people, baking them, and decorating them once they cool.But more important than all of that, these gingerbread cookies are delicious! They’re soft, warmly spiced, and richly flavored with molasses and brown sugar.To me, they’re the perfect holiday treat, especially with a mug of hot chocolate to drink. I hope you love them too.Gingerbread Cookie Recipe IngredientsHere’s what you’ll need to make this gingerbread cookie recipe:All-purpose flour – Spoon and level it to avoid packing too much into your measuring cup.

Unsalted butter – Allow it to come to room temperature before you start to bake.Brown sugar and molasses – They sweeten the cookies and add rich molasses flavor.We’ve had success baking these cookies with Wholesome and Brer Rabbit blackstrap molasses.

An egg yolk – It makes the cookies extra-soft and chewy.Baking soda – It helps the cookies rise.Ground ginger, cinnam

Read More