GINGERBREAD COOKIES | easy recipe with 30 mins chill time

These Gingerbread Cookies are soft, moist, and taste exactly like traditional gingerbread men but without all of the added sugar. Made healthier, they are make ahead and freezer friendly!⬇️⬇️⬇️ CLICK FOR RECIPE ⬇️⬇️⬇️
►INGREDIENTS:
►Cookies
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, more for dusting
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, softened to room temperature
1/2 cup cane sugar, coconut sugar or brown sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup unsulphured molasses
►Icing
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tbsp cold water
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►DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, add whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda and salt. Whisk until no lumps and set aside.
2. In another large bowl, add butter and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until combined and creamy.
3. Add egg and molasses. Beat until combined well (don't overbeat to prevent butter separation).
4. Add flour mixture, first stir with spatula and then mix with your hands until a ball of dough forms.
5. Divide it into two balls, place on two separate sheets of plastic wrap, flatten into discs, wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line two large baking sheets with unbleached parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
7. Remove chilled dough from the fridge, let warm up on the counter for 5 minutes, and unwrap from plastic. Dust the surface and rolling pin with flour and roll the dough 1/4 inch thick. If dough is hard and crumbly, roll it out as best as you can, let warm up a few minutes and roll more until 1/4 inch thick.
8. Using your favorite cookie cutters, cut out cookies and transfer to previously prepared baking sheet (loosening with small spatula if necessary), leaving just 1/2 inch in between. These cookies do not spread much. Combine the dough scraps into a ball, roll it out, cut out cookies and repeat until you run out of dough. Repeat the same step with the second disc of dough.
9. Bake for 8 minutes for soft cookies and 12 minutes for crunchy cookies. Do not overbake as cookies will harden during resting. Remove from the oven and let gingerbread cookies first cool off on a baking tray for 15 minutes, then transfer onto a cooling rack to cool off completely.
To decorate cookies (optional)
1. In a small bowl, add icing sugar and water; whisk until smooth and no lumps.
2. Transfer to a sandwich size resealable bag, push to one corner, twist bag on top and cut a tiny hole at the tip. The smaller the better as you can always make the hole bigger but not smaller.
3. Decorate cookies as you wish by pushing icing through the hole. Let icing dry and it will harden and set within a couple of hours. Do not stack them until then.
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⏰TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:18 Combine dry ingredients
00:51 Cream butter and sugar
01:58 Make cookie dough
02:33 Chill the dough and roll it out
03:08 Do gingerman cutouts and bake
03:48 Decorate the cookies
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Thats delicious :)

[@ifoodreal]

Thank you!

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Looks good I will try it. I have been worried about you. I did not see you last week. With everything going on in your part of the world. I been sending prayers for you. God bless. Merry Christmas. Your friend Micky/ Virginia

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Aw thank you! I am based in Canada so we are safe and cooking away over here 😂

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Olena
Can u plz suggest a nondairy powder creamer to buy for my hot cocoa 😊mix
1 more quest😊 can we freeze smoothie after we make it …
thx❤

[@ifoodreal]

Thanks for watching! I wouldn't suggest freezing a smoothie after making, but you can store most of the ingredients together in a reusable baggie in your freezer so it is ready to just dump and blend!

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Thx