Here’s a recipe for easy gingerbread cookies. Many people think of gingerbread cookies around the holidays! They are always fun to decorate with the kids. You can make rounded gingerbread cookies or of course undertake the task of creating the classic Gingerbread Man cookie that everyone will love to look at and eat! I love Gingerbread man cookies!

It is not as hard as you think to make easy Gingerbread cookies. And to make a gingerbread man, you can simply buy cookie cutters to make the task a breeze! Once you’ve made your shapes and baked them, you’ll be able to icing them or decorate them with all sorts of things like sprinkles candies and more to give the gingerbread man his unique style!

When you’re ready to decorate your gingerbread men, whip up some simple icing by using the small recipe below:

1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice
1.75 cups of powdered sugar
1 egg white

You can alternate the lemon juice for orange juice for a tangy orange icing flavor. If you find your icing is too runny then just add more powdered sugar until the mixture is thick. You can then either use a piping bag to make different shapes on to the cookies or use a spoon to smooth the icing over the cookies. Want a little splash of color? Add a drop or two of food coloring into your mixture and stir it up well!

Gingerbread cookies are generally made up of the following ingredients. You can determine amounts based on how many cookies you wish to make. It’s a mix and match game, and many people alter the ingredients to their taste. Below this list, you’ll find a simple recipe you can follow to make easy gingerbread cookies!

- All purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Unsalted butter
- Dark brown sugar
- Ginger
- Cinnamon
- Ground cloves
- Nutmeg
- Black pepper
- Salt
- 1 egg
- Unsulfured molasses

Gingerbread cookie recipes are easy to make and fun to eat. Your kids and family will get joy out of the fact that they do not need to visit the local bakery to get the taste of an authentic Gingerbread Man cookie.

Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

The recipe below will make about 40 cookies:

4 cups of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup of shortening
1 cup of corn syrup

ginger, cinnamon, all spice and nutmeg for seasoning
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp all spice

You’re ready to go…combine all your ingredients to make a dough. Chill it in the fridge for an hour, and then bring it out to roll. Roll the dough to about 1/8″, and press out your gingerbread man shapes. An great tip is to flour your counter surface before rolling out the cookies.

Bake the cookies at 350 degrees F, for 15 minutes

Now simply decorate, eat and enjoy your easy gingerbread cookies!