Grammy's Kitchen · Gingerbread Cookies · Gingerbread Cookies (Gingerbread Man Recipe)
One of 41 gingerbread cookies recipes we measured
from joyfoodsunshine.com
11 cooks on joyfoodsunshine.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 | 38% | 47% |
| total sugar | 192% | 136% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 26% | 39% |
| egg | 17% | 17% |
| leavener | 1% | 1% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 10% | 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.
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
| 3 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger |
| 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves | |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp sea salt |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup salted butter (softened) |
| 106 g | 1/2 cup light brown sugar (packed) |
| 168 g | 1/2 cup molasses |
| 50 g | 1 large egg (room temperature) |
| 9 g | 2 tsp pure vanilla extract |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoons whole milk |
Method: 16 steps, published by joyfoodsunshine.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hi Laura, the taste is great but mine have small cracks on them and even after chilling the mixture all night- they were still very soft and it was difficult to cut the shapes without bits getting stuck despite liberal use of flour. It's summer here so I'm th” — a cook, 5.0★
“Best recipe and the only one I'll use from now on. My dad and uncles are gingerbread fanatics and absolutely loved these because they were soft enough but had perfect texture. Thank you for this great recipe!” — a cook, 5.0★