The Best Gingerbread Man Cookie Recipe Ever
This is the best gingerbread man cookie recipe. They're flavorful, spiced, sweet, soft, and simply delicious. Plus, they're easy to make and a ton of fun to decorate! Everyone will love this gingerbread cookie recipe.
Equipment
- Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter
Ingredients
- 1 Stick Stick Salted Butter (Soft)
- 1/2 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Unsulphured Molasses
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Egg
- 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
- 1/4 tsp Ground Clove
- 1/4 tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 2 3/4 Cups All Purpose Flour
Instructions
- Once your butter has sat out at least 2 hours, the add it to a large mixing bowl with your sugar and molasses.
- Mix vigorously with a whisk or fork until everything is super creamy.
- Add your egg and vanilla extract to your butter mixture.
- In another mixing bowl add in your dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, ginger, clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
- Mix the dry ingredients well.
- Start slowly mixing the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
- Mix until everything is wet and the dough comes together into a ball.
- Place the dough into saran wrap and squish it down to a disc. Wrap completely so it doesn’t dry out.
- Let it sit in the fridge for a few hours. The dough should be firm.
- Preheat your oven to 375F. Take the dough out and cut it into 4 pieces of gingerbread man dough.
- Sprinkle flour on your work space or the cookie dough will stick.
- Roll it out until it’s relatively thin, around 1/4-1/2 inch.
- Cut out the cookies and put them on a a baking sheet and bake them for about 9 minutes.
- Let them cool and then decorate them with simple cookie icing.
Notes
If your cookies are thinner check at 7-8 minutes. If thicker check around 10 minutes.