10/30/2025
Gingerbread baking = instant Christmas spirit! 👩🍳🎄 Try these 6 different ways to make the season sweeter.
Gingerbread Men Cookies
INGREDIENTS
🤎 Gingerbread Men Cookies
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 cup salted sweet cream butter, softened
¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
½ cup unsulphured molasses
2 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
1 large egg, room temperature
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
tinted sugar cookie icing, see the sugar cookie icing recipe on our website for decorating
🤎 Gingerbread Kiss Cookies
Gingerbread Kiss Cookies
💋3 cups all-purpose flour
💋2¼ teaspoons ground ginger
💋1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
💋1 teaspoon baking soda
💋¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
💋½ teaspoon ground allspice
💋¾ cup salted sweet cream butter, softened
💋¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
💋½ cup + 2 tablespoons molasses
💋2 tablespoons molasses
💋1 large egg
💋1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
💋30 Hershey’s Hugs kisses unwrapped (You will only need 15 unwrapped kisses if making ½ batch with kisses and ½ batch without kisses and dipped in white almond bark)
💋 sanding sugar for coating the cookie dough balls
Gingerbread Dipped Cookies Without Kisses
💋 8 ounces white almond bark
🤎 Soft Gingerbread Cookies
Cookies
1 cup butter
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ cup molasses
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 eggs
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
Icing
2 tablespoons meringue powder
4 cups powdered sugar
½ cup water
🤎 Gingerbread Sugar Cookies
Cookies
2 cups cake flour
½ cup all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
½ cup salted sweet cream butter, softened
¼ cup butter-flavored shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large whole egg
1 large egg white
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
Icing
2¼ cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
½ teaspoon clear vanilla flavoring
½ teaspoons almond flavoring
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
Royal blue food color gel (or blue nonpareils)
Orange food color gel
🤎 Gingersnap Cookies
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon gingerbread spice blend
¼ teaspoon gingerbread spice blend
1½ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, room-temperature
1 large egg, room-temperature
¼ cup unsulphured molasses
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
🤎 Gingerbread Cookies
½ cup shortening
½ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 egg
½ cup molasses
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ tablespoon ground ginger
royal icing
candies, for decorating
Royal Icing
3 tablespoons meringue powder
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
¾ cups water
