Grammy's Kitchen · Gingerbread Cookies · Gingerbread Cookies
One of 41 gingerbread cookies recipes we measured
from handletheheat.com
19 cooks on handletheheat.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 | 45% | 47% |
| total sugar | 136% | 136% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 29% | 39% |
| egg | 13% | 17% |
| leavener | 2% | 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.
| 381 g | 3 cups (381 grams) all-purpose flour* |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon baking powder |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 2 g | 1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves | |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 170 g | 1 1/2 sticks (170 grams) unsalted butter, (at cool room temperature) |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup (100 grams) packed light brown sugar |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 168 g | 1/2 cup molasses ((unsulphured, but not blackstrap) (168 grams)) |
| 250 g | 2 cups (250 grams) powdered sugar, (sifted) |
| 38 g | 2 to 3 tablespoons milk |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 14 steps, published by handletheheat.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Another great recipe! I made these twice for Christmas and they were a hit! The recipe was so simple to make and very easy to work with. Your advice to chill cookie dough has been a game changer when I’m baking any kind of cookie but it really works wonders wh” — a cook, 5.0★
“It feels silly reviewing these in February, but these changed my entire perception on gingerbread! My whole life I thought gingerbread was hard and bland, until I tried a sample at a grocery store and decided to give this recipe a go. I’m so glad I did. It’s s” — a cook, 5.0★