Gingerbread Cookies With Powdered Sugar

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 tsp Ginger, ground

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg yolk

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Molasses

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 3/4 cup Brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1 tsp Cloves, ground
  • 2 3/16 cups Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Nutmeg, ground
  • 1 Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter

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Description

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter - melted
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups + 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• powdered sugar

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl cream together butter and sugar with hand mixer. Add molasses and egg yolk and continue mixing. Add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. Mix. Prepare your dough area. Sprinkle powdered sugar lightly out onto a clean surface. Sprinkle powdered sugar on rolling pin. Roll the dough out into 1/2 inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter of your choice cut out the cookies Continue until all the dough is gone. Place on greased cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes - shorter if you want a soft chewy cookie, longer if want a crunchy cookie. Remove from oven and let cool. Sprinkle with powered sugar.