American · Dessert

Spicy Holiday Gingerbread Cookies

Name: Spicy Holiday Gingerbread Cookies
Total time: 1 h 29 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 20 g granulated sugar; 20 g unsalted butter, softened, not melted; 40 g molasses; 4 g fresh ginger, or ginger paste, minced; 100 g all-purpose flour; 2½ g ground ginger; 1 g baking soda; ½ g ground cinnamon; 0 g ground allspice; ½ g fine salt; ½ g finely ground black pepper; 25 ml water; 1½ tsp all-purpose flour, for rolling; 9 g unsalted butter, softened; 25 g powdered sugar; 3½ ml milk; ¼ tsp vanilla extract; food colouring, to taste

Rolled gingerbread cookies with a real kick from fresh and ground ginger plus black pepper, and molasses for colour. Baking soda reacts with the acidic molasses for a little lift, and a warm vanilla glaze sets thin and smooth on top.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on50 min
Total1 h 29 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

20 ggranulated sugar
20 gunsalted butter, softened, not melted
40 gmolasses
4 gfresh ginger, or ginger paste, minced
100 gall-purpose flour
2½ gground ginger
1 gbaking soda
½ gground cinnamon
0 gground allspice
½ gfine salt
½ gfinely ground black pepper
25 mlwater
1½ tspall-purpose flour, for rolling

Glaze

9 gunsalted butter, softened
25 gpowdered sugar
3½ mlmilk
¼ tspvanilla extract
to tastefood colouringoptional

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Sulfites
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Ginger
Black and white pepper
Allspice
Cinnamon
Vanilla
Annatto
Insects (any)
Carmine (cochineal)
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)
Alcohol

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Salty
Bitter
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Chewy

Equipment

Oven
Kitchen scale

Season

Winter

Occasion

Holiday

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Make-ahead friendly
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: moderate
Fat: low
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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Ingredients

Dough

Glaze

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