julie

macy’s gingerbread cookies

ingredients:
3 ¼ cup flour
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. ginger
¾ tsp. baking soda
¾ tsp. ground cloves
½ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. salt
¾ cup room temp. unsalted butter
½ cup brown sugar (packed!)
1 large egg
½ cup unsulfured molasses
1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract

directions:
whisk flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, cloves, salt, and nutmeg in a big bowl.
beat together butter and sugar in separate bowl (abt. 2 mins w/ electric mixer); add in egg, molasses, & vanilla and beat until combined
add flour mixture slowly & beat on low until combined
divide dough into two equal portions and form them into balls. flatten the balls until they are 1 in. thick in a disk shape, wrap in plastic, and chill for two hours/ the whole night.

cooking:
preheat oven to 350 degrees & line baking sheet w parchment paper
for cutting out cookies, roll dough abt ⅛ in thick on board w flour and cut
bake for 8-10 minutes and let cool
decorate w/ icing, sprinkles, etc :-)