Gingerbread Cookies without Molasses
These old fashioned gingerbread cookies without molasses are perfect holiday cookies. They are quick and easy and super yummy too!
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Yield: 50 cookies
Ingredients
- 280 g plain flour
- 60 g self raising flour
- 170 g soft brown sugar
- 100 g butter
- 60 ml golden syrup
- 1 egg
- 2 ½ tablespoon ground ginger ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Gold dragees for decoration optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°Celsius and line baking trays with parchment paper.
- Sift plain flour, self-raising flour, ground ginger and baking soda together and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and golden syrup till creamy.
- Add egg and continue to beat until the egg is well incorporated into the creamed mixture.
- Carefully add in the sifted dry ingredients and mix until it is all well incorporated and forms a soft dough.
- Wrap the dough with cling wrap and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Remove from the refrigerator and roll out between 2 plastic sheets or parchment paper to about ¾ cm thickness.
- Cut the dough with a gingerbread men cookie cutter. Transfer cookies onto prepared baking trays and press in gold dragees for the gingerbread men eyes and buttons.
- Bake the gingerbread cookies until they turn slightly brown, for about 10 minutes.
- Remove cookies from the oven and let them rest for 2 minutes in the tray before transferring them to a wire rack. Let the cookies cool completely before storing them in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Calories: 58kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 65mg | Potassium: 16mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 55IU | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
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