Grammy's Kitchen · Gingerbread Cookies · Brown Butter Gingerbread Men
One of 41 gingerbread cookies recipes we measured
from bakerbynature.com
1 cooks on bakerbynature.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 41.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 58% | 47% |
| total sugar | 137% | 136% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 42% | 39% |
| egg | 13% | 17% |
| leavener | 2% | 1% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 11% | 2% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 390 g | 3 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 4 g | 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon ground ginger |
| 227 g | 1 cup (2 sticks or 8 ounces) unsalted butter, browned then brought back to room temperature |
| 213 g | 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup granulated sugar |
| 50 g | 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk, at room temperature |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoons hot water |
| 7 g | 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 21 g | 1 tablespoon unsulphured molasses |
| 200 g | 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted |
| 15 g | 3 teaspoons warm water, more if needed |
| 1 g | 1/8 teaspoon salt |
| Food coloring, optional |
Method: 5 steps, published by bakerbynature.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“These gingerbread cookies are so yummy! I just made a batch and the whole family loved them. Thank you for the wonderful recipe that will be a part of my holiday baking.” — a cook, 5.0★