Grammy's Kitchen · Gingerbread Cookies · Gingerbread Cookies with Eggnog Icing
One of 41 gingerbread cookies recipes we measured
10 cooks on www.lifeloveandsugar.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 41.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 67% | 47% |
| total sugar | 147% | 136% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 39% | 39% |
| egg | 17% | 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.
| 168 g | 3/4 cup (168g) unsalted butter (room temperature) |
| 144 g | 1 cup (144g) brown sugar (lightly packed) |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 63 g | 3 tbsp (45ml) molasses |
| 293 g | 2 1/4 cups (293g) all-purpose flour |
| 5 g | 2 1/2 tsp ground ginger |
| 3 g | 1 tsp ground cinnamon |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg |
| 1 pinch ground cloves | |
| 5 g | 1 tsp baking soda |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp salt |
| 28 g | 2 tbsp (28g) salted butter |
| 52 g | 1/4 cup (52g) granulated sugar |
| 1/2 cup (120ml) eggnog | |
| 172 g | 1 1/2 cups (172g) powdered sugar |
| 0 g | 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg |
Method: 12 steps, published by www.lifeloveandsugar.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“These were very good but I also had an issue with the cookies not spreading. I simply flattened them before baking and voilà, problem solved. I had to add more powdered sugar to the icing to thicken it, and once I did it coated the cookies nicely. I would also” — a cook, 4.0★
“I only used the icing recipe portion and I have mixed feelings. It tastes delicious but it did not thicken at all like it said it would. I even added more powdered sugar and tried to whip it up to no avail. The icing was runny and never set.” — a cook, 3.0★