Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies

Recipe by The Gourmet RD

Ingredients

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• ¾ tbsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tbsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp coarse salt
• ½ cup softened butter
• ½ cup dark brown sugar
• ½ cup molasses
• 1 large egg
• 3 tbsp milk
• flour, for dusting
• ¼ cup powdered sugar and/or white icing

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flours, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, baking soda and salt until combined.
   
   In a separate bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together softened butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses, milk.
   
   Pour wet ingredients into the bowl with dry ingredients and use a spatula to mix together until combined and a dough ball has formed.
   
   Dust a few tablespoons of flour on a large cutting board. Place dough on the cutting board and use a rolling pin to roll it out flat to about ¼ inch thickness.
   
   Use a gingerbread man cookie cutter and cut out about 24 cookies. Place them on the parchment paper, about ½ an inch apart.
   
   Bake 8-9 minutes, until set but soft. Let cookies cool, then dust with powdered sugar or decorate with white icing.

View the recipe instructions at The Gourmet RD