Easy Homemade Gingerbread Cookies are must for your Christmas baking.  If you love Gingerbread in general but are not a big fan of molasses this recipe is for you- my no molasses gingerbread recipe is a hit at my house where we love the spiced flavor but not so much the overpowering molasses. You can use a homemade icing or pickup up a cookie icing already in a tube (with 2 little little ones in the house and a busy work load I took a short cut with the pre-made cookie icing).

 

 Easy Homemade Gingerbread Men

Ingredients:

1 1/2  cups dark corn syrup

1 cup dark brown sugar

6 Tbsp. butter,softened

6 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking

2/3 cup water

2 tsp. ginger

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp.allspice

1 tsp.cloves

1/2 tsp. salt

 

Directions:

Combine flour, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, ginger, and salt in a bowl, set aside.

In the bowl of a hand or stand mixer cream butter and sugar until smooth.

Add in molasses and water and mix until just combined.

Add flour mixture half at a time until incorporated.

Cover bowl and place dough in refrigerator to chill- at least 2 hours but overnight is best.

Preheat oven to 350

Flour counter liberally, roll dough out to 1/4″ to 1/2″ thickness.

Cut out gingerbread shapes with floured cutters.

Place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silpat mat.

Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on pan for 3 to 4 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

When cookie are completely cooled you can decorate by icing with a piping bag, add small candies before icing sets of desired.

Grab yourself a cute little helper to cut down on your workload!

 Love cookies? Check out our other 12 Days of Christmas Cookies recipes!