Grandma's Gingerbread Recipe
By youngcbs
GINGERBREAD HOUSE PIECES:
ROOF: 2 - 6" X 3" SIDE 1: 5" X 3" SIDE 2: 3" X 4" with 5" center
Ingredients
- Icing Cement:
- 5 to 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons powdered ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cups unsulphured molasses*
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 large egg whites
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2 teaspoons water
- 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
Details
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven 375°F. Thoroughly mix flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Melt shortening in large saucepan. Cool slightly. Add sugar, molasses and eggs; mix well. Add four cups of the dry ingredients and mix again.
Turn mixture onto lightly floured surface. Knead in remaining dry ingredients by hand. Add a little more flour, if necessary, to make the dough firm.
Roll out on a lightly floured surface to a 1/4 inch thickness and cut out cookies with Metal Gingerbread Boy and Girl Cookie Cutters.
Bake 6-10 minutes for small to medium size cookies and 10-15 minutes for large cookies.
If you're not going to use your gingerbread right away, wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate. Refrigerated dough will keep for a week, but be sure to remove it 3 hours prior to rolling so it softens and is workable.
*Substitute 1 1/4 cups light corn syrup for molasses to make Blonde Gingerbread.
Makes 40 medium-sized cookies
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