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Iced Ginger Cookies

These ginger cookies are a delicious blend of spice and icing skills. Perfect compliments for afternoon tea!
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 15 minutes
Chilling Time 1 hour
Total Time 3 hours 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 12 Cookies

Equipment

  • 6 Icing Bags

Ingredients
  

Ginger Cookies

  • 11 Tablespoon Unsalted Butter
  • ½ Cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 2 Teaspoon Molasses
  • 1 Egg beaten
  • 1 ½ Cup All-Purpose Flour
  • ¾ Tablespoon Baking Soda
  • 1 ½ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 Teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • ¼ Teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ Teaspoon Ground Cloves

Royal Icing

  • 3 Egg Whites
  • 5 ¾ Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
  • Blue, Yellow, Green, and Red Food Coloring

Instructions
 

Ginger Cookies

  • In a stand mixer, beat together the butter, sugar, and molasses until fluffy. Add the egg in small increments, beating well between each addition.
  • In a separate bowl, sift together the Flour, Baking Soda, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Ginger, Salt, and Ground Cloves. In small increments, stir the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until just combined.
  • Place the dough on a 1 sheet of baking paper. Place another sheet on top and press until the dough is a flat layer. Chill for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit.
  • On a lightly floured work surface, rollout to the dough to be approximately 5mm thick. Cut out 6 squares and 6 oval biscuits (re-roll trimming as necessary). Chill until firm.
  • Bake for 8-12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Allow to cool for 1 minute on the tray before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Royal Icing

  • Using a whisk (or stand mixer), mix together the eggs and 3 tablespoons of the icing sugar in a large bowl. Then mix in the lemon juice.
  • Gradually add the remaining icing sugar and mix thoroughly until the icing holds it shape. (Overbeating the icing will cause bubbles to form)
  • Divide the icing into three bowls. Leave two of these three bowls white. Divide the third bowl into four and color(blue, yellow green, and red)
  • Drop by drop, add water to the colored icing and mix to an outline consistency. Spoon into a piping bag and fit with a no. 1 writing nozzle
  • Drop by drop, add water to one of the bowls of white icing to mix to an outline consistency. Spoon into a piping bag with a no. 1 writing nozzle.
  •  Drop by drop, add water to the other bowl of white icing until it reaches a flooding consistency. Spoon into a piping bag with a no. 3 writing nozzle.
  • Decorate cookies according to the template. Or however you like!
  • Enjoy!!
Keyword Ginger, Ginger Biscuit, Ginger Cookie