Grammy's Kitchen · Gingerbread Cookies · Gingerbread Cookies
One of 41 gingerbread cookies recipes we measured
from thebusybaker.ca
It ranks #3 of 41 for structural integrity among the gingerbread cookies recipes we compared.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 41.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 50% | 47% |
| total sugar | 184% | 136% |
| egg | 33% | 17% |
| leavener | 2% | 1% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 0% | 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.
| 151 g | 2/3 cup butter |
| 133 g | 2/3 cup granulated sugar |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons cinnamon |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ginger |
| 1/2 teaspoon cloves | |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla |
| 168 g | 1/2 cup dark molasses (see notes) |
| 50 g | 1 egg |
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups flour |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 50 g | 1 egg white |
| 1 g | 1/8 teaspoon salt |
| 250 g | 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla |
Method: 17 steps, published by thebusybaker.ca — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.