Gingerbread Cutouts (Cookie Exchange Quantity)
Updated Oct 20, 2014
“Can we eat them yet?” is the first question you’ll hear every time you bake these spicy gingerbread cookies.
Gingerbread Cutouts (Cookie Exchange Quantity)
- Prep Time 2 hr 15 min
- Total 4 hr 45 min
- Servings 108
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups dark molasses
- 2/3 cup cold water
- 7 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Easy Creamy Frosting
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- About 5 tablespoons half-and-half

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, stir together brown sugar, shortening, molasses and water. Stir in remaining cookie ingredients. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
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Step2Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. On floured surface, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut with floured gingerbread cutter or other favorite shaped cutter. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
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Step3Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched (for a softer, chewier cookie, bake 8 to 10 minutes). Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4In large bowl, stir together all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Decorate cookies with frosting.
Nutrition
70
Calories
1g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
15g
Total Carbohydrate
8g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 70
- Calories from Fat
- 5
- Total Fat
- 1g
- 1%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 130mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 8g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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