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Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies recipe. This perfect for the holidays recipe is ideal for making your favorite little people and festive cookie shapes!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Keyword: christmas cookies, cookies, gingerbread, gingerbread men

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar 2 tbsp + 2 tsp molasses
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 cups Cup4Cup Gluten Free Multipurpose Flour scooped and leveled, plus more for rolling

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside.
    In a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together.
  • Mix in the egg and molasses, scraping down the bowl to make sure its all incorporated. Stir in the spices and salt with a rubber spatula.
  • Stir in the flour, one cup at a time, with a spatula.Only add flour until it pulls away from the side of the bowl in a ball.
  • Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness
  • Bake for 8-9 min
  • Let sit 4-5 mins then place on a cooling rack.

Notes

If you have any brown sugar lumps, you should crush them up, pull them out or warm it in the microwave for 10 sec at a time until the brown sugar is easy to move.
To use this recipe to make a house you’ll need to bake them for 14-16 mins as opposed to 8 min.
Store at room temp in an airtight container for 7-10 days