Add some seasonal spirit to your baking with easy gingerbread cookies

Gingerbread Cookies

It’s the season where everything is gingerbread flavoured! Happy me! I love gingerbread! The scent of them baking fills the air with a warmth and happy memories of winter holidays. Whether you make individual cookies or get adventurous and design your own gingerbread house, this recipe is perfect for a quick and easy ginger bake!

The Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

This is a variation of my tried and tested shortbread recipe, designed to be really quick and easy to make. This is a softer thicker biscuit, much easier to make and work with, but still very tasty! If you are after a thin, snappy crunchy ginger biscuit, then check out this recipe for Pepparkaka biscuits!

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Gingerbread biscuits

A simple gingerbread recipe using basic storecupboard ingredients.

Course: Biscuits, Dessert, Snack

Keyword: biscuits, cookies, gingerbread

Created by:: Laurena @LifeDietHealth

Gather

• 55 g coconut sugar (ground to a fine powder)
• 110 g butter (I used Vitalite)
• 170 g plain flour (GF if required)
• 1+ teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• pinch of ground cloves

Prepare

1. Mix the sugar and butter together.

2. Add the flour, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.

3. Form a cohesive dough. Put in the fridge. Tidy up and get your trays and cutters ready.

4. Roll (or press) the dough out to about 0.5cm thick, cut shapes and place on tray. If you have space, put the tray of shapes in the fridge while you work with the rest of the dough.

5. Bake at Gas 4 (350f / 180c) for 7-8 minutes. They will lift easily from the tray but still be soft. The colour should be slightly darker than when you put them in. Remove onto a wire rack. Allow to cool.

6. Decorate as desired – use icing, sweets, chocolate or edible glitter.

7. Enjoy!

What do I need?

You can (as with most of my recipes), make these as quick and easy or as fiddly and complicated as you wish! I have created this recipe to be really easy to make using ingredients you probably already have in!

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Serving

You can serve these as they are, with your favourite drink for tasty snacks, or use them to decorate other desserts. Use two of the same size & shape and put vanilla ice-cream in the middle to make delicious gingerbread cookie sandwiches. Have a decorating session and let everyone make their own designs using icing in different colours, small sweets and edible glitter. Make tree decorations or get adventurous and make your own gingerbread house!

Storage

These store well in an airtight container for up to five days or in the freezer for up to three months. You can also make the dough ahead of time, wrap it up and place in the fridge until needed. If freezing, portion or separate with greaseproof paper, label and freeze.

Sharing

I hope you make some gingerbread cookies and see how easy this recipe is! I love seeing your adaptions and interpretations of my recipes and I’d love to see your photos of these (and your decorating skills)!

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Laurena x