Christmas Gingerbread Cookies
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Ingredients
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- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 1 cup light-brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup Golden Syrup
- 1 cup icing sugar
- A few tsp water
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Instructions
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In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg for 20 seconds, set aside.
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In the bowl cream together butter, 1 cup brown sugar until well blended then add the egg and golden syrup mix well.
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Mix in the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg until well combined.
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Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill 1 hour. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray.
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Scoop dough into balls and place evenly apart on the baking tray.
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Bake in preheated oven 8 - 10 minutes.
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Cool on baking sheet several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Add your icing sugar to a small bowl with the water. You want a sticky but thin consistancy so you can dip half a cookie in.
- Once cookies have completely cooled dip half of each cookie into your icing and add sprinkles or design to each cookie.
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