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Gingerbread Cookies

Food and Wine Holiday Cookbook

Food & Wine Books, Editorial Director: Judith Hill,
1996, American Express Publishing Corp.

 Alibris

“One of America’s favorites, these gingerbread cookies are the old-fashioned
kind that you roll out into gingerbread people, or any shape you like. A hint of cardamom makes this version extra special. The cookies are delicious plain, but especially fun and festive decorated with icing, seeds, nuts, or dried fruit.”

Makes about 2 dozen

3 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup molasses
1/4 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 large egg, at room temperature
Royal Icing (recipe follows), optional
Nuts, seeds, raisins, or other dried fruits, for decoration (optional)

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, and salt.
2. In a small saucepan, heat the molasses over low heat until bubbles begin
to form around the edge. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter,
1 tablespoon at a time, until it is completely incorporated. Scrape the
mixture into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar and water. Stir in the egg
until completely incorporated.
3. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the molasses mixture. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until blended. Turn the
dough out onto a floured surface. Knead gently until smooth. Pat
into a 6-inch disk. Wrap and chill overnight.
4. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two baking sheets. On a lightly floured surface, roll half the dough to 1/8 inch thick. (Keep the rest
wrapped until ready to use.) Using cookie cutters, stamp out cookies.
Put them about 1/2 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. If you
like, brush the cookies with icing. Or, brush them with a little water
and press on the nuts, seeds, and/or dried fruit.
5. Bake the cookies in the middle of the oven until firm and slightly
puffed, about 10 minutes. Transfer them to a rack to cool and
then decorate with icing, if you like.

~ Linda Merinoff

Make It Ahead: You can make the dough up to 3 days ahead. Once
baked, the cookies keep well in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Royal Icing

“This easy-to-make icing hardens as it dried, so it’s ideal for decorating.
You can brush or pipe it onto the cookies before or after baking.”

Makes about 1 cup

1 large egg white, at room temperature
1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons confectioners’
sugar, sifted, more if needed
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
Food coloring (optional)

1. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients except the food coloring.
Using a hand-held electric mixer, beat the mixture at high speed until
fluffy, thick, and shiny, about 3 minutes.
2. Divide the icing into small amounts and adjust the consistency as
needed. To thin for painting, beat in water; for a stiffer icing that
holds its shape when piped, add more confectioners’ sugar. Tint
the icing with the food coloring. Cover tightly to keep the icing
from drying out.

~ Peggy Cullen

Make It Ahead: You can make the icing and refrigerate it in an
airtight container for up to 1 week.
 

Cookie Decorating Tips

You can pipe an outline around a baked or unbaked cookie and then fill
in by brushing with thinned icing of a different color.

  To make hair for gingerbread people or animals, knead a little extra flour
into a bit of dough and then squeeze the dough through a garlic press.

  Paint or pipe icing onto baked or unbaked cookies. Before the icing dries, sprinkle it with tinted sugar, sugar glitter, or dragées, or dust with
confectioners’ sugar.

  For hanging ornaments, pierce unbaked cookies with the blunt end of
a bamboo skewer, or with a chopstick. Repierce after baking, while
still warm.

  For a ribbon border, make holes around the edge of an unbaked cookie
with a skewer or chopstick. Pierce again after baking. Weave a ribbon
through the holes.

~ Peggy Cullen
 

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