Gingerbread Cookies

Having fun forming different shaped cookies from the gingerbread dough.

After the cookies were baked, the students decorated them with candies and icing sugar.  Yum!

This is the recipe that I used this year:

Safety First:  Students, please ask an adult to help you with baking these cookies.

1 cup light-brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp powdered ginger

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 cup boiling water

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/4 cup molasses

2 cups all-purpose flour

1. Place sugar, spices, salt and baking soda in a large bowl.  

2. Stir in boiling water until sugar is dissolved.  

3. Stir in butter until melted, then add molasses. 

4. Gradually stir in about 1 1/2 cups of flour.  

5. Continue stirring in remaining flour a little at a time until stiff.  

6. Flour hands and knead dough.  

7. Wrap in parchment or plastic wrap and refrigerate (I refrigerated it over-night) until ready to form into cookies.  Place cookies on parchment lined cookie sheets.  

Bake in 300F oven for 15-20 minutes until edges are firm.

Allow to cool before decorating with sugar icing and candies.  Store in a covered container at room temperature.  

Makes 30 (very small cookies)  I doubled the recipe for a class of 26 students.